Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
China, Taiwan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
i'ndemin adäru
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
aznallehu
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Gondar
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Gondar
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Ethiopia
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Ethiopia
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
chinois
amharique
German Name
Chinesisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Origin
1250 BC
13th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Amharic
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
amha1245
Linguasphere
79-AAA
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Amharic Speaking population
Chinese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Amharic on Chinese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Amharic Language Codes
Chinese and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.