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Amharic Language



Countries
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Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Ethiopia 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Africa 0

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Regulated By
Not Available 0

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.
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Similar To
Not Available 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
33 15

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
7 4

How Many Consonants
31 21

Scripts
Ethiopic 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
Selam 0

Thank You
amesege'nallo' 0

How Are You?
Dehina newot? 0

Good Night
Dehna dur 0

Good Evening
melkam meshe't 0

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu 0

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru 0

Please
i'bakwon 0

Sorry
aznallehu 0

Bye
tschao 0

I Love You
afekirishalehu 0

Excuse Me
yiqirta 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Gondar 0

Where They Speak
Gondar 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Gojjami 0

Where They Speak
Ethiopia 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Showa 0

Where They Speak
Ethiopia 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
5 5

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million 44

Speaking Population
0.37 % 35

Native Speakers
25.00 million 32

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million 23

Native Name
Not Available 0

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian 0

French Name
amharique 0

German Name
Amharisch 0

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa] 0

Ethnicity
Amharas 0

History
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Origin
13th century 0

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family 0

Subgroup
Semitic 0

Branch
Ethiopic 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Ge'ez 0

Standard Forms
Amharic 0

Language Position
55 40

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
am 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
amh 0

ISO 639 2/B
amh 0

ISO 639 3
amh 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
amha1245 0

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available 0

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional 0

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Origin of Amharic language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Amharic language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Amharic language states that it was put to use in 13th century. The history of Amharic language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Amharic Language History.The evolution of Amharic language began with early forms such as Ge'ez. Amharic is the standard form of Amharic language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Amharic Language.

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Amharic population

Amharic population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Amharic language. Amharic language is spoken by 18.70 million people in the world. Most of the Amharic population lies in the Amharic Speaking Countries. Amharic language is spoken as first language by 25.00 million people and as second language by about 10.00 million people. Get to know Amharic speaking population in detail.

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Amharic writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Amharic writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Amharic language. Some languages share common writing systems. Ethiopic script is used by Amharic language. Learn more about . 

Information about Amharic language

Check out all the information about Amharic language here. You may find it interesting to learn Amharic Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Amharic Speaking Countries, Amharic speaking continents and Amharic Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Amharic countries knowing common Amharic Greetings will help you in communicating with Amharic people.

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