Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3334
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3124
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
akkam
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
i'bakwon
Maaloo
Sorry
aznallehu
naa dhiisi
Bye
tschao
Nagayattii!
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Gondar
Borana
Where They Speak
Gondar
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Orma
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Kenya
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Wata
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Kenya
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
517
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
amharique
galla
German Name
Amharisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Oromos
Origin
13th century
16
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Cushitic
Branch
Ethiopic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
5591
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
am
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
orm
ISO 639 2/B
amh
orm
ISO 639 3
amh
orm
ISO 639 6
amh
orm
Glottocode
amha1245
nucl1736
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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