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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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Swedish and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Amharic language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swedish and Amharic Language History.

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Swedish and Amharic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swedish and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Amharic language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Amharic Difficulty

The Swedish vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swedish and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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