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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ethiopia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2833
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

87
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2831
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Ethiopic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Selam

Thank You

شكرا
amesege'nallo'

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Dehina newot?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Dehna dur

Good Evening

مساء الخير
melkam meshe't

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
i'ndemin walu

Good Morning

صباح الخير
i'ndemin adäru

Please

من فضلك
i'bakwon

Sorry

آسف
aznallehu

Bye

وداعا
tschao

I Love You

أحبك
afekirishalehu

Excuse Me

اعذرني
yiqirta

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Gondar

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Gondar

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Gojjami

Where They Speak

Sudan
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Showa

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

265
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million18.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.37 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
አማርኛ

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian

French Name

arabe
amharique

German Name

Arabisch
Amharisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[amarɨɲɲa]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Amharas

History

Origin

512 CE
13th century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Semitic

Branch

North Arabic
Ethiopic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Ge'ez

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Amharic

Language Position

2555
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Amharic

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
am

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
amh

ISO 639 2/B

ara
amh

ISO 639 3

ara
amh

ISO 639 6

ara
amh

Glottocode

arab1395
amha1245

Linguasphere

12-AAC
12-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

Arabic and Amharic Alphabets

Arabic and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Amharic. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Arabic and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Amharic languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Amharic Speaking population

Arabic and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Amharic on Arabic vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Amharic Language Codes

Arabic and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.