Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3124
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Sveiki
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Paldies
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Labdien
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Labrīt
Please
i'bakwon
lūdzu
Sorry
aznallehu
Piedodiet!
Bye
tschao
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Gondar
Livonian
Where They Speak
Gondar
Latvia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Lettish
French Name
amharique
letton
German Name
Amharisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Latvians or Letts
Origin
13th century
1530
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Baltic
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Latvian
Language Position
559
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
am
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
lav
ISO 639 2/B
amh
lav
ISO 639 3
amh
lav
ISO 639 6
amh
lav
Glottocode
amha1245
latv1249
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic