Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3320
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3110
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Hello
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Night pai
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Morning pai
Please
i'bakwon
Tēnā
Sorry
aznallehu
Aroha mai
Bye
tschao
poroporoaki
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
yiqirta
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Gondar
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Gondar
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
New Zealand Maori
French Name
amharique
maori
German Name
Amharisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Māori people
Origin
13th century
1814
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Polynesian
Branch
Ethiopic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Maori
Language Position
5526
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mri
ISO 639 2/B
amh
mao
ISO 639 3
amh
mri
ISO 639 6
amh
mri
Glottocode
amha1245
maor1246
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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