Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3121
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Hello
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Subax wanaagsan
Please
i'bakwon
Fadlan
Sorry
aznallehu
sorry
Bye
tschao
caraysiiyo
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
yiqirta
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Gondar
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Gondar
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
amharique
somali
German Name
Amharisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Somalis
Origin
13th century
19th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Cushitic
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Somali
Language Position
5583
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
som
ISO 639 2/B
amh
som
ISO 639 3
amh
som
ISO 639 6
amh
som
Glottocode
amha1245
soma1255
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
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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