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Greek and Amharic


Amharic and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
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
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Selam  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
aznallehu  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
tschao  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Griko  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
amharique  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Amharic  

Language Position
74  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
amh  

ISO 639 3
ell  
amh  

ISO 639 6
ells  
amh  

Glottocode
gree1276  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Greek 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 Greek and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Amharic Speaking population

Greek and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Amharic on Greek vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Amharic Language Codes

Greek and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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