Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
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.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3117
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
i'bakwon
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
aznallehu
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
tschao
bye
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Gondar
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
amharique
kazakh
German Name
Amharisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Kazahks
Origin
13th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Turkic
Branch
Ethiopic
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Kazakh
Language Position
5593
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
amh
kaz
ISO 639 3
amh
kaz
ISO 639 6
amh
kaz
Glottocode
amha1245
kaza1248
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative