Countries
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
Ethiopia
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Not Available
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Not Available
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
33
15
99
40
Phonology
How Many Vowels
7
4
5
2
How Many Consonants
31
21
14
4
Scripts
Ethiopic
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
5
4
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
88 weeks
13
Greetings
Hello
Selam
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
i'bakwon
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
aznallehu
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
tschao
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gondar
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Gondar
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1,000,000.00
28
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Hakata
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Showa
Kansai
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
kansai
Total No. Of Dialects
5
5
31
25
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
99+
128.00 million
14
Speaking Population
0.37 %
35
1.90 %
10
Native Speakers
25.00 million
32
128.00 million
9
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
23
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
日本語
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Not Available
French Name
amharique
japonais
German Name
Amharisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Japanese (Yamato)
History
Origin
13th century
1185
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Amharic
Japanese
Language Position
55
40
8
8
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
am
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
amh
jpn
ISO 639 3
amh
jpn
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
amha1245
nucl1643
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
