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Amharic and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Selam  

Thank You
dankjewel  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
alsjeblieft  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
sorry  
aznallehu  

Bye
vaarwel  
tschao  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
pardon  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
amharique  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Western  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Amharic  

Language Position
48  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
amh  

ISO 639 3
nld  
amh  

ISO 639 6
nld  
amh  

Glottocode
mode1257  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Dutch and Amharic Speaking population

Dutch and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Amharic on Dutch vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Amharic Language Codes

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

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