Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Akan Orthography Committee
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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3116
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
ete-sen
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
meda ase
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Dehna dur
maadwo
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
maadwo
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
maaha
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
maakye
Please
i'bakwon
wae
Sorry
aznallehu
Kafra
Bye
tschao
bye
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
yiqirta
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Gondar
Asante
Where They Speak
Gondar
Ghana
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Fante
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Akan
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Twi, Fante
French Name
amharique
akan
German Name
Amharisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Akan people
Origin
13th century
15
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Akan
Language Position
55104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
am
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
aka
ISO 639 2/B
amh
aka
ISO 639 3
amh
aka
ISO 639 6
amh
aka
Glottocode
amha1245
akan1251
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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