Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3343
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3134
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
i'bakwon
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
aznallehu
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
tschao
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Gondar
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
513
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
amharique
bhojpuri
German Name
Amharisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Amharas
Bhojpuri speakers
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
Bhojpuri
Language Position
5537
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
bho
ISO 639 2/B
amh
bho
ISO 639 3
amh
bho
ISO 639 6
amh
bho
Glottocode
amha1245
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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