Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
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Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3325
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3118
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Kamusta
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Salamat po
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Magandang umaga po
Please
i'bakwon
pakiusap
Sorry
aznallehu
pinagsisisihan
Bye
tschao
Paálam
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Gondar
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Gondar
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Filipino
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Philippines
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
amharique
tagalog
German Name
Amharisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Tagalog people
Origin
13th century
1593
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indonesian
Branch
Ethiopic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Amharic
Filipino
Language Position
5558
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
amh
tgl
ISO 639 3
amh
tg1
ISO 639 6
amh
tgl
Glottocode
amha1245
taga1269
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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