Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3133
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
i'bakwon
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
aznallehu
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
tschao
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Gondar
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Intha
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Burma
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
amharique
birman
German Name
Amharisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Bamar people
Origin
13th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Burmese
Language Position
5543
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mya
ISO 639 2/B
amh
bur
ISO 639 3
amh
mya
ISO 639 6
amh
mya
Glottocode
amha1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating