Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
-
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3322
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
70
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3122
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Dehna dur
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
i'bakwon
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
aznallehu
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
tschao
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Gondar
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Gondar
Israel
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Israel
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
57
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
amharique
hébreu
German Name
Amharisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
13th century
1000 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Semitic
Branch
Ethiopic
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
5523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
heb
ISO 639 2/B
amh
heb
ISO 639 3
amh
heb
ISO 639 6
amh
heb
Glottocode
amha1245
hebr1246
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic