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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Ethiopia

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • 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

French and Portuguese Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2133
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1631
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Ethiopic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ciao
Selam

Thank You

grazie
amesege'nallo'

How Are You?

Come stai?
Dehina newot?

Good Night

buonanotte
Dehna dur

Good Evening

buonasera
melkam meshe't

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
i'ndemin walu

Good Morning

buongiorno
i'ndemin adäru

Please

Per Favore
i'bakwon

Sorry

scusate
aznallehu

Bye

arrivederci
tschao

I Love You

Ti amo
afekirishalehu

Excuse Me

Scusami
yiqirta

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Gondar

Where They Speak

Lazio
Gondar

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Gojjami

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Showa

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

155
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million18.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.37 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
አማርኛ

Alternative Names

Italiano
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian

French Name

italien
amharique

German Name

Italienisch
Amharisch

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[amarɨɲɲa]

Ethnicity

Italians
Amharas

History

Origin

960 BC
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Semitic

Branch

-
Ethiopic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Ge'ez

Standard Forms

Italian
Amharic

Language Position

2755
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Amharic

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
am

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
amh

ISO 639 2/B

ita
amh

ISO 639 3

ita
amh

ISO 639 6

itas
amh

Glottocode

ital1282
amha1245

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
12-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

Italian and Amharic Alphabets

Italian and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Amharic. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Italian and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Amharic languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and Amharic Speaking population

Italian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Amharic on Italian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Amharic Language Codes

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