Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3121
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Henda ho
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
संध्यायान
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Boge Setak’
Please
i'bakwon
দয়া করে
Sorry
aznallehu
দুঃখিত
Bye
tschao
Hariau
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Gondar
Mahali
Where They Speak
Gondar
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Not present
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Not present
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
51
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
amharique
santal
German Name
Amharisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
13th century
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Santali
Language Position
5541
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
sat
ISO 639 2/B
amh
sat
ISO 639 3
amh
sat
ISO 639 6
amh
sat
Glottocode
amha1245
sant1410
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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