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Georgian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Selam  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
aznallehu  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
tschao  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Ethiopia  

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

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
géorgien  
amharique  

German Name
Georgisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Amharas  

History

Origin
5th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Amharic  

Language Position
120  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
amh  

ISO 639 3
kat  
amh  

ISO 639 6
kat  
amh  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Georgian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Amharic language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 Georgian and Amharic Language History.

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

Georgian vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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