Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3117
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Selam
hallo
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Dankie
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Dehna dur
goeie nag
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Goeie middag
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
goeie more
Please
i'bakwon
asseblief
Sorry
aznallehu
jammer
Bye
tschao
Totsiens
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Gondar
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Gondar
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Cape Dutch
French Name
amharique
afrikaans
German Name
Amharisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Afrikaners
Origin
13th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Branch
Ethiopic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
5523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
afr
ISO 639 2/B
amh
afr
ISO 639 3
amh
afr
ISO 639 6
amh
afrs
Glottocode
amha1245
afri1274
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic