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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
-  
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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
-  
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  
17
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
22,000,000.00  
27
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Central Italian  

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

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Tuscan  

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

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
69,000,000.00  
11

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 %  
37
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
አማርኛ  
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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Italian  

Language Position
55  
99+
27  
25

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
amh  
itas  

Glottocode
amha1245  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
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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