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Hindi and Amharic


Amharic and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, Oceania  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
7  
4

How Many Consonants
33  
23
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Selam  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
aznallehu  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
tschao  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Ethiopia  

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

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
हिन्दी  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
hindi  
amharique  

German Name
Hindi  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
7th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Amharic  

Language Position
5  
5
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
amh  

ISO 639 3
hin  
amh  

ISO 639 6
hins  
amh  

Glottocode
hind1269  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Hindi and Amharic Speaking population

Hindi and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Amharic on Hindi vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Amharic Language Codes

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

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