Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Gondar
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Not Available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
turc
amharique
German Name
Türkisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Amharas
Origin
c. 1350
13th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Amharic
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
amha1245
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
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.