Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3126
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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
Salam
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
chone tao?
Good Night
Dehna dur
jawáin shap
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
jawáin sawáh
Please
i'bakwon
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
aznallehu
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
tschao
bye
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
yiqirta
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Gondar
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Gondar
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Baluchi
French Name
amharique
baloutchi
German Name
Amharisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
13th century
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Balochi
Language Position
5539
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
bal
ISO 639 2/B
amh
bal
ISO 639 3
amh
bal
ISO 639 6
amh
bal
Glottocode
amha1245
balo1260
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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