Countries
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
China, Mongolia
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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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3335
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
713
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3120
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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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Greetings
Hello
Selam
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
i'bakwon
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
aznallehu
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
tschao
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gondar
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Gondar
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million5.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
amharique
mongol
German Name
Amharisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Amharas
Mongols
History
Origin
13th century
1224-1225
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Semitic
Mongolian
Branch
Ethiopic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Amharic
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
5526
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
am
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mon
ISO 639 2/B
amh
mon
ISO 639 3
amh
mon
ISO 639 6
amh
mon
Glottocode
amha1245
mong1331
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
part of 44-BAA-b
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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