Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3331
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3118
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Moni
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Zikomo
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Masana abwino
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
M'mawa wabwino
Please
i'bakwon
Chonde
Sorry
aznallehu
pepani
Bye
tschao
anatsanzikana
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Pepani
Dialect 1
Gondar
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Gondar
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
amharique
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Amharisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Chewa people
Origin
13th century
15th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Ethiopic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Chewa
Language Position
5527
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
nya
ISO 639 2/B
amh
nya
ISO 639 3
amh
nya
ISO 639 6
amh
nya
Glottocode
amha1245
nyan1308
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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