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Amharic vs Turkish


Turkish vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Ethiopia  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

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  
Merhaba  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
günaydın  

Please
i'bakwon  
lütfen  

Sorry
aznallehu  
üzgünüm  

Bye
tschao  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
amharique  
turc  

German Name
Amharisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Turkish  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Turkic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
55  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
tur  

ISO 639 3
amh  
tur  

ISO 639 6
amh  
tur  

Glottocode
amha1245  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Amharic and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Turkish language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Amharic vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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