Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3352
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
716
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3136
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Dehna dur
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
i'bakwon
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
aznallehu
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
tschao
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Not present
Where They Speak
Gondar
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Not present
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Not present
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
50
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
amharique
sanskrit
German Name
Amharisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
13th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Amharic
Sanskrit
Language Position
5523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
san
ISO 639 2/B
amh
san
ISO 639 3
amh
san
ISO 639 6
amh
san
Glottocode
amha1245
sans1269
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic