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
German 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 German and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Amharic language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common German Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Amharic Difficulty
The German vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.