Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3347
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3122
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
pranam
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Śubharātri
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Suprabhaat
Please
i'bakwon
kripaya
Sorry
aznallehu
maf karai
Bye
tschao
Alavidā
I Love You
afekirishalehu
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
yiqirta
kripaya
Dialect 1
Gondar
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Gondar
Nepal
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
North India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Khortha
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
515
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
amharique
maithili
German Name
Amharisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Maithil
Origin
13th century
14th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Maithili
Language Position
5540
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mai
ISO 639 2/B
amh
mai
ISO 639 3
amh
mai
ISO 639 6
amh
mai
Glottocode
amha1245
mait1250
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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