Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2533
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2031
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Selam
Thank You
Hvala
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Lahko noč
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Dober večer
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Prosim
i'bakwon
Sorry
Oprostite
aznallehu
Bye
Nasvidenje
tschao
I Love You
Ljubim te
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Oprostite
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Gondar
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
80,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Italy
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Showa
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
485
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
slovène
amharique
German Name
Slowenisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Amharas
Origin
972-1093
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Slovene
Amharic
Language Position
2855
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
amh
ISO 639 2/B
slv
amh
ISO 639 3
slv
amh
ISO 639 6
slv
amh
Glottocode
slov1268
amha1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional