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Italian and Amharic


Amharic and Italian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

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)   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
31   
21

Scripts
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

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
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Italiano   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Amharic   

Language Position
27   
23
55   
40

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   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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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.

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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.

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