Compare And Contrast Ethiopia And America

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Around the world, there are many countries that have their own distinct culture, ideas and, invention. At some point, there are one too many things that different countries have borrowed from each other making them similar. However, there are also specific qualities that set them apart from each other. If you take Ethiopia; a country located in East Africa, for example, and compare it with The United States, same as North America, there are many ways we can name their dissimilarities. For one, they are located in different continents so the weather, time zone, and calendar are very different. Also, Ethiopian Culture and North American do not meet in any way and when it comes to language and alphabet, they are like heaven and earth. Ethiopia is located in the Eastern part of Africa. To be exact, it is located in the horn of Africa. It is one of the most known countries for its unique heritage, buildings, and religion. It has mainly two seasons, which is the winter and summer. Unlike North America, Summer in Ethiopia is cold, rainy and foggy. On the other side, the Winter is where we get to have our, what they North American would call, Summer Vacation. …show more content…

North America used the 26 alphabets that make different sounds together. On the other side, Geez, which is the alphabet used in Ethiopia has 37 alphabets, each having 5 more letter that has different sounds that correspond to them. The Ethiopian Ge'ez alphabet is one of the reasons Ethiopia is a wide known country all around the world. It has made Ethiopia the first to have its own letter to write in. When we contrast the way the English Alphabet and Ge'ez are read, Ge'ez compresses two letters that make a sound into one letter, making words shorter. For example, In English, the word 'be' would be written as one letter word in Ge'ez but they still make the same

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