Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
French Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3120
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Selam
Bonjou
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Mèsi
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Bon nwit
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Bon apre-midi
Please
i'bakwon
Souple
Sorry
aznallehu
Dezole
Bye
tschao
Babay
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Gondar
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Gondar
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Cayes
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
amharique
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Amharisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Haitians
Origin
13th century
17th 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
Haitian Creole
Language Position
5599
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
hat
ISO 639 2/B
amh
hat
ISO 639 3
amh
hat
ISO 639 6
amh
hat
Glottocode
amha1245
hait1244
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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