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Serbian and Amharic


Amharic and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
31  
21

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Selam  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
amesege'nallo'  

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
aznallehu  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
tschao  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
አማርኛ  

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

French Name
serbe  
amharique  

German Name
Serbisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Amharas  

History

Origin
11th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Amharic  

Language Position
44  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
amh  

ISO 639 3
srp  
amh  

ISO 639 6
srp  
amh  

Glottocode
serb1264  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Serbian and Amharic Speaking population

Serbian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Amharic on Serbian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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