Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3121
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Helô
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Diolch
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Nos da
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
P'nawn da
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Bore da
Please
i'bakwon
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
aznallehu
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
tschao
Hwyl
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Gondar
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Gondar
Argentina
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Showa
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Powys
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
58
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
አማርኛ
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Cymraeg
French Name
amharique
gallois
German Name
Amharisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Welsh people
Origin
13th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Celtic
Branch
Ethiopic
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Amharic
Welsh
Language Position
5531
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
cym
ISO 639 2/B
amh
wel
ISO 639 3
amh
cym
ISO 639 6
amh
cym
Glottocode
amha1245
wels1247
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional