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Turkish vs Amharic


Amharic vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Selam  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
günaydın  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
lütfen  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
aznallehu  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
tschao  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Gondar  

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
turc  
amharique  

German Name
Türkisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Amharas  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
13th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Semitic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Amharic  

Language Position
19  
17
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
amh  

ISO 639 3
tur  
amh  

ISO 639 6
tur  
amh  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Turkish and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Amharic language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Amharic Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Amharic language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Amharic Difficulty

The Turkish vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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