Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
-
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3120
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
hallo
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
takk
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Dehna dur
god natt
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
god kveld
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
god morgen
Please
i'bakwon
Vær så snill
Sorry
aznallehu
unnskyld
Bye
tschao
ha det
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
yiqirta
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Gondar
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Gondar
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Sogn
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
519
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million5.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Norsk
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Norsk
French Name
amharique
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Amharisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Amharas
Norwegians
Origin
13th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Branch
Ethiopic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Amharic
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
5518
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
am
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
nor
ISO 639 2/B
amh
nor
ISO 639 3
amh
nor
ISO 639 6
amh
nor
Glottocode
amha1245
norw1258
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional