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Amharic vs Slovak


Slovak vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ethiopia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
15  
12

How Many Consonants
31  
21
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Ahoj  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Dobré ráno  

Please
i'bakwon  
Prosím  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Pardón!  

Bye
tschao  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
amharique  
slovaque  

German Name
Amharisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
13th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Slovak  

Language Position
55  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
slo  

ISO 639 3
amh  
slk  

ISO 639 6
amh  
slk  

Glottocode
amha1245  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Amharic and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Slovak language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Amharic vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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