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Persian and Amharic


Amharic and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Selam  

Thank You
متشکرم  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
لطفا  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
متاسف  
aznallehu  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
tschao  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
persan  
amharique  

German Name
Persisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Iranian  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Amharic  

Language Position
23  
21
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
amh  

ISO 639 3
pes  
amh  

ISO 639 6
pers  
amh  

Glottocode
fars1254  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Persian and Amharic Speaking population

Persian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Amharic on Persian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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