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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ethiopia

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2633
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2131
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Ethiopic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Selam

Thank You

Thank you
amesege'nallo'

How Are You?

How are you?
Dehina newot?

Good Night

Good Night
Dehna dur

Good Evening

Good Evening
melkam meshe't

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu

Good Morning

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru

Please

Please
i'bakwon

Sorry

Sorry
aznallehu

Bye

Bye
tschao

I Love You

I love you
afekirishalehu

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
yiqirta

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Gondar

Where They Speak

United States of America
Gondar

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Gojjami

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Showa

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0022,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1885
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million18.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.37 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
አማርኛ

Alternative Names

English
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian

French Name

anglais
amharique

German Name

Englisch
Amharisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[amarɨɲɲa]

Ethnicity

English people
Amharas

History

Origin

5th Century AD
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

-
Semitic

Branch

-
Ethiopic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Ge'ez

Standard Forms

Standard English
Amharic

Language Position

355
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Amharic

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
am

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
amh

ISO 639 2/B

eng
amh

ISO 639 3

eng
amh

ISO 639 6

engs
amh

Glottocode

stan1293
amha1245

Linguasphere

52-ABA
12-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional

English and Amharic Alphabets

English and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Amharic. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn English and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Amharic languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of English and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Amharic Speaking population

English and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of English and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Amharic on English vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Amharic Language Codes

English and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.