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Irish vs Amharic


Amharic vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ireland  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Ireland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
Selam  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
le do thoil  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
aznallehu  

Bye
Slán  
tschao  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Munster  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
amharique  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
c. 750  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Semitic  

Branch
Goidelic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Amharic  

Language Position
25  
23
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
amh  

ISO 639 3
gle  
amh  

ISO 639 6
gle  
amh  

Glottocode
iris1253  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Irish and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Amharic language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Irish and Amharic Language History.

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Irish 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 Irish and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Amharic language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Irish vs Amharic Difficulty

The Irish vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish 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 Irish and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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