Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3338
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3132
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Dehna dur
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
i'bakwon
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
aznallehu
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
tschao
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Gondar
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
52
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
amharique
arménien
German Name
Amharisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Armenians
Origin
13th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Amharic
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
5514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
hye
ISO 639 2/B
amh
arm
ISO 639 3
amh
hye
ISO 639 6
amh
hye
Glottocode
amha1245
arme1241
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic