Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Spain
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- 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
French Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Por Favor
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
triste
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
adiós
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Español
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
amharique
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Amharas
  
Origin
210 BC
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional