Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3129
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Silaw
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Sipas
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Şev xweş
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Bayanit bash
Please
i'bakwon
Bê zehmet
Sorry
aznallehu
Bibûre
Bye
tschao
Be xêr çî
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Gondar
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Gondar
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
amharique
kurde
German Name
Amharisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Kurds
Origin
13th century
16th century CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Amharic
Kurdish
Language Position
5514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
am
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
kur
ISO 639 2/B
amh
kur
ISO 639 3
amh
kur
ISO 639 6
amh
kur
Glottocode
amha1245
kurd1259
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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