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Armenian and Amharic


Amharic and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
32  
22
31  
21

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Selam  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
aznallehu  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
tschao  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
arménien  
amharique  

German Name
Armenisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Amharas  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Amharic  

Language Position
14  
13
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
amh  

ISO 639 3
hye  
amh  

ISO 639 6
hye  
amh  

Glottocode
arme1241  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Armenian 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 Armenian and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Amharic Speaking population

Armenian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % 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 Armenian and Amharic on Armenian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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