Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
tschao
  
Babay
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Not Available
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
amharique
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
13th century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
All Amharic and Cebuano 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 Amharic and Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Cebuano Speaking population
Amharic and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Amharic and Cebuano on Amharic vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Cebuano Language Codes
Amharic and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.