Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
717
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3127
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Hach ch'i
Please
i'bakwon
مهربانی کر
Sorry
aznallehu
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
tschao
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
afekirishalehu
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
yiqirta
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Gondar
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Poguli
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Rambani
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
amharique
kashmiri
German Name
Amharisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
13th century
12th 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
Kashmiri
Language Position
5523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
kas
ISO 639 2/B
amh
kas
ISO 639 3
amh
kas
ISO 639 6
amh
kas
Glottocode
amha1245
kash1277
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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