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Japanese and Amharic


Amharic and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
31  
21

Scripts
Kana  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Selam  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
aznallehu  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
tschao  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Showa  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
japonais  
amharique  

German Name
Japanisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1185  
13th century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Amharic  

Language Position
8  
8
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
amh  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
amh  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
amh  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Japanese and Amharic Speaking population

Japanese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Amharic on Japanese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Amharic Language Codes

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

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