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Countries

Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3121
9 60
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Scripts

Ethiopic
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Selam
Hello

Thank You

amesege'nallo'
Thank you

How Are You?

Dehina newot?
How are you?

Good Night

Dehna dur
Good Night

Good Evening

melkam meshe't
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

i'ndemin walu
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

i'ndemin adäru
Good Morning

Please

i'bakwon
Please

Sorry

aznallehu
Sorry

Bye

tschao
Bye

I Love You

afekirishalehu
I love you

Excuse Me

yiqirta
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gondar
American English

Where They Speak

Gondar
United States of America

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gojjami
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Showa
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

5188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

18.70 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

አማርኛ
English

Alternative Names

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
English

French Name

amharique
anglais

German Name

Amharisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[amarɨɲɲa]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Amharas
English people

History

Origin

13th century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
-

Branch

Ethiopic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ge'ez
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Amharic
Standard English

Language Position

553
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Amharic
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

am
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

amh
eng

ISO 639 2/B

amh
eng

ISO 639 3

amh
eng

ISO 639 6

amh
engs

Glottocode

amha1245
stan1293

Linguasphere

12-ACB-a
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Amharic and English Alphabets

Amharic and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and English. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Amharic and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and English languages. The Amharic phonology consist Amharic vowels and Amharic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Amharic greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Amharic and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and English dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Amharic and English Speaking population

Amharic and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and English languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and English on Amharic vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and English Language Codes

Amharic and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.