Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3362
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
72
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3160
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
i'bakwon
амритана
Sorry
aznallehu
Амарахь
Bye
tschao
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
-
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Gondar
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Sadz
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
amharique
abkhaze
German Name
Amharisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Abkhaz people
Origin
13th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Abkhaz
Language Position
5528
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
abk
ISO 639 2/B
amh
abk
ISO 639 3
amh
abk
ISO 639 6
amh
abks
Glottocode
amha1245
abkh1244
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative