Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Apache Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3134
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
i'bakwon
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
aznallehu
Nízhdził
Bye
tschao
Hágoónee’
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Gondar
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Gondar
Arizona
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Utah
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Navaho
French Name
amharique
navaho
German Name
Amharisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Navajo people
Origin
13th century
1500 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Athapascan
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Navajo
Language Position
5529
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
nav
ISO 639 2/B
amh
nav
ISO 639 3
amh
nav
ISO 639 6
amh
nav
Glottocode
amha1245
nava1243
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic