Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
-
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3328
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3123
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Kumusta
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Salamat
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kumusta
Good Night
Dehna dur
magandang gabi
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Magandang umaga
Please
i'bakwon
Mangyaring
Sorry
aznallehu
pinagsisisihan
Bye
tschao
Paalam
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
yiqirta
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Gondar
Bikol
Where They Speak
Gondar
Philippines
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Waray
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
filipino
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Pilipino
French Name
amharique
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Amharisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Filipino people
Origin
13th century
16th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Filipino
Language Position
5534
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
fil
ISO 639 2/B
amh
fil
ISO 639 3
amh
fil
ISO 639 6
amh
fil
Glottocode
amha1245
fili1244
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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