Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Rajastan, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
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Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3342
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3132
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Selam
khammaghani
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
Dehna dur
shubh raatri
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Shubh Havar
Please
i'bakwon
kirpa
Sorry
aznallehu
Maaf Karo
Bye
tschao
bye
I Love You
afekirishalehu
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
yiqirta
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Gondar
Jogi
Where They Speak
Gondar
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Bagri
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million22.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million14.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Marwari
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
amharique
marvari
German Name
Amharisch
Marwari
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
13th century
16
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Marwari
Language Position
5572
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
am
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
amh
mwr
ISO 639 3
amh
mwr
ISO 639 6
amh
mwr
Glottocode
amha1245
raja1256
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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