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Amharic vs Italian


Italian vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Ethiopia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
16   
6

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
ciao   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
grazie   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
buongiorno   

Please
i'bakwon   
Per Favore   

Sorry
aznallehu   
scusate   

Bye
tschao   
arrivederci   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Showa   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Not Available   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Italiano   

French Name
amharique   
italien   

German Name
Amharisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Italians   

History

Origin
13th century   
960 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Romance   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Italian   

Language Position
55   
40
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
ita   

ISO 639 3
amh   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
amha1245   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Amharic and Italian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Italian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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Amharic and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Italian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Italian Difficulty

The Amharic vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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