Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3133
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
i'bakwon
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
aznallehu
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
tschao
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Gondar
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Marwari
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
amharique
hindi
German Name
Amharisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Hindustani people
Origin
13th century
7th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Hindi
Language Position
555
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
hin
ISO 639 2/B
amh
hin
ISO 639 3
amh
hin
ISO 639 6
amh
hins
Glottocode
amha1245
hind1269
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic