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Sindhi and Amharic


Amharic and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
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Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • 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
Gujarati  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64  
37
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
42  
31
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
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
Assalam O Alaikum  
Selam  

Thank You
Meharbani  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Mehrbani  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
aznallehu  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
tschao  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
26
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
23
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Lari  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
25.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
سنڌي  
አማርኛ  

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

French Name
sindhi  
amharique  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[sɪndi]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Sindhi people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Amharic  

Language Position
50  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
amh  

ISO 639 3
snd  
amh  

ISO 639 6
snd  
amh  

Glottocode
sind1272  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional  

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

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Sindhi and Amharic Speaking population

Sindhi and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Amharic on Sindhi vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Amharic Language Codes

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

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