Countries
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
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3116
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Selam
Hoy
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Salamat
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Maayong Buntag
Please
i'bakwon
Palihug
Sorry
aznallehu
Ikasubo ko
Bye
tschao
Babay
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Ekskyus mi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gondar
Boholano
Where They Speak
Gondar
Bohol
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
North Kana
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Visayan
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
amharique
cebuano
German Name
Amharisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Cebuano people
History
Origin
13th century
16th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
5562
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
am
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
amh
ceb
ISO 639 3
amh
ceb
ISO 639 6
amh
ceb
Glottocode
amha1245
cebu1242
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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