Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3342
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3131
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
i'bakwon
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
aznallehu
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
tschao
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Gondar
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Kosli
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
amharique
oriya
German Name
Amharisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Odias
Origin
13th century
3 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Odia
Language Position
5532
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
am
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
ori
ISO 639 2/B
amh
ori
ISO 639 3
amh
ori
ISO 639 6
amh
ori
Glottocode
amha1245
macr1269
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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