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Gujarati and Amharic


Amharic and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
31  
21
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Selam  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
aznallehu  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
tschao  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Surati  
Showa  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
goudjrati  
amharique  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Amharas  

History

Origin
15  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Amharic  

Language Position
23  
21
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
amh  

ISO 639 3
guj  
amh  

ISO 639 6
guj  
amh  

Glottocode
guja1252  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Gujarati and Amharic Speaking population

Gujarati and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Amharic on Gujarati vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Amharic Language Codes

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

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