Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3116
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Kia ora
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Kia ora
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Ne y yibeogo
Please
i'bakwon
gafare
Sorry
aznallehu
gafare
Bye
tschao
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Gondar
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Gondar
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Saremde
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Taolende
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 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
Mosse
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
amharique
moré
German Name
Amharisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Mossi
Origin
13th century
11th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Ethiopic
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Mossi
Language Position
5537
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
mos
ISO 639 2/B
amh
mos
ISO 639 3
amh
mos
ISO 639 6
amh
mos
Glottocode
amha1245
moss1236
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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