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Croatian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Selam  

Thank You
hvala  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
kako si  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
molim  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Oprostite  
aznallehu  

Bye
Doviđenja  
tschao  

I Love You
Volim te  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
croate  
amharique  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Amharas  

History

Origin
9th century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Amharic  

Language Position
23  
21
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
amh  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
amh  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
amh  

Glottocode
croa1245  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Croatian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Amharic language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Croatian and Amharic Language History.

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Croatian and Amharic 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 Croatian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Amharic language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Amharic Difficulty

The Croatian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Amharic 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 Croatian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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