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Italian vs Amharic


Amharic vs 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)  
-  

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  
-  

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  
17

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  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Gojjami  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Showa  

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

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
22,000,000.00  
22

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 %  
23
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
10.00 million  
99+

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
27  
25
55  
99+

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Italian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Amharic language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Amharic Language History.

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

Italian vs Amharic Difficulty

The Italian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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