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Amharic and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
26  
16
31  
21

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Selam  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
aznallehu  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
tschao  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Debar  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
macédonien  
amharique  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Amharas  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Semitic  

Branch
Southern  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Amharic  

Language Position
45  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
amh  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
amh  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
amh  

Glottocode
mace1250  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Fusional  

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