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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Crimean Turkish   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Showa   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

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 %   
35
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not Available   
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   
40
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
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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