Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
-
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3325
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3120
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Halo
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Hvala
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Lahko noč
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Dober dan
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Dobro jutro
Please
i'bakwon
Prosim
Sorry
aznallehu
Oprostite
Bye
tschao
Nasvidenje
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Gondar
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Gondar
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Resian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Italy
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Styrian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
548
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
amharique
slovène
German Name
Amharisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Slovenes
Origin
13th century
972-1093
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Slovene
Language Position
5528
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
slv
ISO 639 2/B
amh
slv
ISO 639 3
amh
slv
ISO 639 6
amh
slv
Glottocode
amha1245
slov1268
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional