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Amharic vs Macedonian


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Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
26  
16

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
i'bakwon  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
жал (žal)  

Bye
tschao  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
amharique  
macédonien  

German Name
Amharisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
13th century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Macedonian  

Language Position
55  
99+
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
mac  

ISO 639 3
amh  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
amh  
mkd  

Glottocode
amha1245  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic  

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Amharic and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Macedonian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Amharic vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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