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Amharic vs Estonian


Estonian vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
31   
21
18   
8

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Tere   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Tere hommikust   

Please
i'bakwon   
Palun   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Vabandust   

Bye
tschao   
Head aega   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Eesti keel   

French Name
amharique   
estonien   

German Name
Amharisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Estonians   

History

Origin
13th century   
13th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Estonian   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
est   

ISO 639 3
amh   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Amharic and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Estonian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Estonian Language History.

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Amharic and Estonian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Estonian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Estonian Difficulty

The Amharic vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Estonian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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