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.
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
Not Available
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
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Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Je t'aime
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Gondar
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Africa
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Showa
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
français
Not Available
Alternative Names
Français
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
français
amharique
German Name
Französisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Amharas
Origin
9th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard French
Amharic
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
amha1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
French 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 French and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Amharic language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common French Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Amharic Difficulty
The French vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.