Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3132
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
sannu
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
gode ku
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
yaya dai
Good Night
Dehna dur
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
barka da rana
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
mai kyau safe
Please
i'bakwon
Don Allah
Sorry
aznallehu
yi hakuri
Bye
tschao
sai anjima
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
yiqirta
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Gondar
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Gondar
Ghana
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Niger
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Niger
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
amharique
haoussa
German Name
Amharisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
13th century
14
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Chadic
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Hausa
Language Position
5534
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
hau
ISO 639 2/B
amh
hau
ISO 639 3
amh
hau
ISO 639 6
amh
hau
Glottocode
amha1245
haus1257
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional