Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
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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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
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Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Alphabets
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Selam
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
tschao
  
bye
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
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Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
amharique
  
shona
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
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Ethnicity
Amharas
  
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Origin
13th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
amha1245
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
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All Amharic and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Shona Speaking population
Amharic and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Amharic vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Shona Language Codes
Amharic and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.