Countries
Fiji, India
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3331
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Selam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
i'bakwon
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
aznallehu
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
tschao
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Gondar
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Gondar
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Showa
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
215
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
hindi
amharique
German Name
Hindi
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Amharas
Origin
7th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Amharic
Language Position
555
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
amh
ISO 639 2/B
hin
amh
ISO 639 3
hin
amh
ISO 639 6
hins
amh
Glottocode
hind1269
amha1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional