Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3337
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3146
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Mhoro
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Manheru
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Masikati
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Mangwanani
Please
i'bakwon
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
aznallehu
Ndineurombo
Bye
tschao
bye
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Gondar
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Gondar
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Karanga
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
chiShona
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
amharique
shona
German Name
Amharisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Shona people
Origin
13th century
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Ethiopic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Shona
Language Position
55107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
sna
ISO 639 2/B
amh
sna
ISO 639 3
amh
sna
ISO 639 6
amh
sna
Glottocode
amha1245
core1255
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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