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Detailed comparison of Afrikaans and Amharic World Languages. Side by side look at similarities and differences for things like writing system, script(s) used, total number of speakers, noun declensions, no. of countries spoken in and more. Combined they

There are 14 differences and 3 similarities between Afrikaans, Amharic

Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin	vs	Ethiopic
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Script(s) Used		Afrikaans	vs	Amar A
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Family		Indo-european	vs	Afro-asiatic
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Subgroup		Germanic	vs	Semitic
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3 Letter Code		Afr	vs	Amh
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Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		6.2 million	vs	17.4 million
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Native Speakers as % of World		0.1 %	vs	0.4 %
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Total Number of Speakers (millions)		15.2 million	vs	22 million
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Total Speakers as % of World		0.2 %	vs	0.3 %
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Language Systems
Noun declensions		No	vs	None (uses Affixes)
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Sequence		Svo (some Vso)	vs	Sov
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Tonal		No	vs	No
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Agglutinative language		No	vs	No
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Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Ethiopia South Africa	vs	Ethiopia South Africa
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Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	No
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Countries Spoken In		South Africa, Nambia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland	vs	Ethiopia, Eritrea
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No. of Countries Spoken In		8	vs	2
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