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Amharic vs Swedish


Swedish vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ethiopia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
godnatt  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
god morgon  

Please
i'bakwon  
vänligen  

Sorry
aznallehu  
ledsen  

Bye
tschao  
hej då  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Showa  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
France  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
amharique  
suédois  

German Name
Amharisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
13th century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
55  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
swe  

ISO 639 3
amh  
swe  

ISO 639 6
amh  
swe  

Glottocode
amha1245  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Amharic and Swedish Language History

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

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

Amharic vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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