Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3115
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
Khurumjari
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Nongale haugatl
Please
i'bakwon
Chanbiduna
Sorry
aznallehu
Saobiganu
Bye
tschao
Chatcharage
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
yiqirta
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Gondar
Loi
Where They Speak
Gondar
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Pangal
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
amharique
Meithei
German Name
Amharisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Meithei people
Origin
13th century
1700
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Ethiopic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Meithei
Language Position
5538
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
am
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mni
ISO 639 2/B
amh
mni
ISO 639 3
amh
mni
ISO 639 6
amh
mni
Glottocode
amha1245
mani1292
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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