Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Germany
Ethiopia
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Amharic-1.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Danke
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Dehna dur
Good Evening
guten Abend
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
guten Morgen
i'ndemin adäru
Sorry
Verzeihung
aznallehu
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Gondar
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Germany
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Showa
Where They Speak
Texas
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Not Available
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
allemand
amharique
German Name
Deutsch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Germans
Amharas
Origin
6th Century AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
amha1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
All German 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 German and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of German and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Amharic Speaking population
German and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of German and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Amharic on German vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Amharic Language Codes
German and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.