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Swedish and Amharic


Amharic and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Selam  

Thank You
tacka dig  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
god kväll  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
god morgon  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
vänligen  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
ledsen  
aznallehu  

Bye
hej då  
tschao  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Showa  

Where They Speak
France  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 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
5.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
suédois  
amharique  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Amharas  

History

Origin
13th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Amharic  

Language Position
89  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
amh  

ISO 639 3
swe  
amh  

ISO 639 6
swe  
amh  

Glottocode
swed1254  
amha1245  

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

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Swedish and Amharic Speaking population

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

Swedish and Amharic Language Codes

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

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