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Sanskrit and Amharic


Amharic and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Selam  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
aznallehu  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
tschao  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
-  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Not present  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Not present  
Showa  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
-  
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
sanskrit  
amharique  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Amharas  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Amharic  

Language Position
23  
21
55  
99+

Signed Forms
-  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
amh  

ISO 639 3
san  
amh  

ISO 639 6
san  
amh  

Glottocode
sans1269  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Sanskrit and Amharic Speaking population

Sanskrit and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Amharic on Sanskrit vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Amharic Language Codes

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

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