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Amharic and French


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
32  
3
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
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
6,200,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
African French  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
10.00 million  
99+

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
13  
12
55  
99+

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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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.

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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.

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