Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
فارسی
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
amharique
persan
German Name
Amharisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Persian people