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Galician vs Amharic


Amharic vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Selam  

Thank You
Grazas  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Bos días  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Por favor  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
aznallehu  

Bye
Adeus  
tschao  

I Love You
Ámote  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Showa  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
galicien  
amharique  

German Name
Galicisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Amharic  

Language Position
46  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
amh  

ISO 639 3
glg  
amh  

ISO 639 6
glg  
amh  

Glottocode
gali1258  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Galician and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Amharic language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Amharic Language History.

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

Galician vs Amharic Difficulty

The Galician vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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