Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3119
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Bwakeye
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Urakoze
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Mwaramutse
Please
i'bakwon
Ndagusavye
Sorry
aznallehu
Ndasubiza
Bye
tschao
N’agasaga
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Gondar
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Gondar
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Ha
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Shubi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
amharique
rundi
German Name
Amharisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
13th century
1500
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Kirundi
Language Position
5586
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
am
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
run
ISO 639 2/B
amh
run
ISO 639 3
amh
run
ISO 639 6
amh
run
Glottocode
amha1245
rund1242
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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