Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3140
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
i'bakwon
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
aznallehu
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
tschao
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Chakma
Where They Speak
Gondar
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Hajong
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
525
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million196.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
amharique
bengali
German Name
Amharisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
13th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Amharic
Bengali
Language Position
554
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
ben
ISO 639 2/B
amh
ben
ISO 639 3
amh
ben
ISO 639 6
amh
ben
Glottocode
amha1245
beng1280
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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