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.
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
Not Available
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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
أحبك
afekirishalehu
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Gondar
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Gondar
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Sudan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Showa
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Not Available
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]
Origin
512 CE
13th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
North Arabic
Ethiopic
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Amharic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arab1395
amha1245
Linguasphere
12-AAC
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
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.