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Amharic
Amharic

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Countries

Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Yoruba Academy

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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3329
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

712
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3117
9 60
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Scripts

Ethiopic
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Selam
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

amesege'nallo'
e dupe

How Are You?

Dehina newot?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

Dehna dur
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

melkam meshe't
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

i'ndemin walu
e kaasan

Good Morning

i'ndemin adäru
e kaaro

Please

i'bakwon
Jowo

Sorry

aznallehu
binu

Bye

tschao
bye

I Love You

afekirishalehu
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

yiqirta
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gondar
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Gondar
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gojjami
Ede

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Showa
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

520
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

18.70 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

አማርኛ
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

amharique
yoruba

German Name

Amharisch
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[amarɨɲɲa]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Amharas
Yoruba people

History

Origin

13th century
4 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Western Sudanic

Branch

Ethiopic
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ge'ez
No early forms

Standard Forms

Amharic
Yorùbá

Language Position

5549
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Amharic
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

am
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

amh
yor

ISO 639 2/B

amh
yor

ISO 639 3

amh
yor

ISO 639 6

amh
yor

Glottocode

amha1245
yoru1245

Linguasphere

12-ACB-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Isolating

Amharic and Yoruba Alphabets

Amharic and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and Yoruba. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Amharic and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and Yoruba languages. The Amharic phonology consist Amharic vowels and Amharic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Amharic greetings vs Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

All Amharic and Yoruba Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Amharic and Yoruba Speaking population

Amharic and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Yoruba on Amharic vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Yoruba Language Codes

Amharic and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.