Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3318
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3113
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Selam
Dia dhuit
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
i'bakwon
le do thoil
Sorry
aznallehu
Tá brón orm
Bye
tschao
Slán
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Gondar
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Gondar
Connacht
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Munster
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Ulster
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
amharique
irlandais moyen
German Name
Amharisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Irish people
Origin
13th century
c. 750
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Celtic
Branch
Ethiopic
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Amharic
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
5525
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
gle
ISO 639 2/B
amh
gle
ISO 639 3
amh
gle
ISO 639 6
amh
gle
Glottocode
amha1245
iris1253
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional