Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3349
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
714
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3135
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
i'bakwon
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
aznallehu
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
tschao
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Badaga
Where They Speak
Gondar
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Urali
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
kerala
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
amharique
kannada
German Name
Amharisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Kannadiga
Origin
13th century
c. 450
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Kannada
Language Position
5531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
kan
ISO 639 2/B
amh
kan
ISO 639 3
amh
kan
ISO 639 6
amh
kan
Glottocode
amha1245
nucl1305
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-