Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
France, Spain
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3121
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Kaixo
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Gabon
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Egun on
Please
i'bakwon
Mesedez
Sorry
aznallehu
Barkatu
Bye
tschao
Agur
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Gondar
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Gondar
France
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Souletin
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Spain
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million7.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Euskara
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
amharique
basque
German Name
Amharisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Basque people
Origin
13th century
c. 1000
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Amharic
Basque
Language Position
5530
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
am
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
eus
ISO 639 2/B
amh
baq
ISO 639 3
amh
eus
ISO 639 6
amh
eus
Glottocode
amha1245
basq1248
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative