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Amharic vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
16  
13

How Many Consonants
31  
21
36  
26

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
i'bakwon  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
tschao  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
አማርኛ  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
amharique  
sanskrit  

German Name
Amharisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
13th century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
55  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
san  

ISO 639 3
amh  
san  

ISO 639 6
amh  
san  

Glottocode
amha1245  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Amharic and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Sanskrit language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Amharic vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Amharic vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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