Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Ethiopia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Not Available
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Selam
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Dehna dur
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
i'bakwon
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
aznallehu
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Gondar
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
amharique
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Amharisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
13th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Hellenic
Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
amha1245
gree1276
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Amharic and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Greek language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Greek Difficulty
The Amharic vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.