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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Ethiopia

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2633
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2031
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Ethiopic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Selam

Thank You

Merci
amesege'nallo'

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Dehina newot?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Dehna dur

Good Evening

bonsoir
melkam meshe't

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
i'ndemin walu

Good Morning

Bonjour
i'ndemin adäru

Please

S'il vous plaît
i'bakwon

Sorry

désolé
aznallehu

Bye

au revoir
tschao

I Love You

Je t'aime
afekirishalehu

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
yiqirta

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Gondar

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Gondar

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Gojjami

Where They Speak

Africa
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Showa

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0022,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

255
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million18.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.37 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
አማርኛ

Alternative Names

Français
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian

French Name

français
amharique

German Name

Französisch
Amharisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[amarɨɲɲa]

Ethnicity

French people
Amharas

History

Origin

9th Century
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Semitic

Branch

-
Ethiopic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Ge'ez

Standard Forms

Standard French
Amharic

Language Position

1355
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Amharic

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
am

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
amh

ISO 639 2/B

fre
amh

ISO 639 3

fra
amh

ISO 639 6

fras
amh

Glottocode

stan1290
amha1245

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
12-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

French and Amharic Alphabets

French and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Amharic. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn French and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Amharic languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Amharic Speaking population

French and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of French and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Amharic on French vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Amharic Language Codes

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