Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3352
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
716
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3136
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
i'bakwon
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
aznallehu
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
tschao
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Gondar
Kokan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
542
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million68.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
amharique
marathe
German Name
Amharisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Marathi people
Origin
13th century
10th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Amharic
Marathi
Language Position
5517
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mar
ISO 639 2/B
amh
mar
ISO 639 3
amh
mar
ISO 639 6
amh
mar
Glottocode
amha1245
mara1378
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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