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Urdu vs Amharic


Amharic vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
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Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
40  
29
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Selam  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
aznallehu  

Bye
الوداع  
tschao  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
India  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
India  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Showa  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
ourdou  
amharique  

German Name
Urdu  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Amharic  

Language Position
20  
18
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
amh  

ISO 639 3
urd  
amh  

ISO 639 6
urd  
amh  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Urdu and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Amharic language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Amharic Language History.

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

Urdu vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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