Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3141
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
i'bakwon
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
aznallehu
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
tschao
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Gondar
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Doabi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
530
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
amharique
pendjabi
German Name
Amharisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Amharas
Punjabis
Origin
13th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
5523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
am
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
pan
ISO 639 2/B
amh
pan
ISO 639 3
amh
pan
ISO 639 6
amh
panj
Glottocode
amha1245
panj1256
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional