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Amharic and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Selam  

Thank You
Gracias  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Por Favor  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
triste  
aznallehu  

Bye
adiós  
tschao  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Español  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
amharique  

German Name
Spanisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
210 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Amharic  

Language Position
2  
2
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
amh  

ISO 639 3
spa  
amh  

ISO 639 6
spa  
amh  

Glottocode
stan1288  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Spanish and Amharic Speaking population

Spanish and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Amharic on Spanish vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Amharic Language Codes

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

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