Amharic language
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Amharic | |
|---|---|
| አማርኛ (Amarəñña) | |
| Pronunciation | [amarɨɲːa] |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Ethnicity | Amhara |
Native speakers | 22,000,000[1][2] (2007 Population and Housing Census) |
| Ge'ez script (Amharic syllabary) Amharic Braille | |
| Signed Amharic[3] | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Ethiopia |
| Regulated by | Imperial Academy (former) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | am |
| ISO 639-2 | amh |
| ISO 639-3 | amh |
| Glottolog | amha1245[4] |
| Linguasphere | 12-ACB-a |
Amharic (አማርኛ āmariññā) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. It is the second most spoken Semitic language after Arabic, and the official language of Ethiopia. Amharic is also the official or working language of several of the states, including Amhara Region and the multi-ethnic Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Central Statistical Agency. 2010. "Population and Housing Census 2007 Report, National". Accessed 13 December 2016].
- ↑ Lewis, Lewis M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (2015). Amharic Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ Morgan, Mike (9 April 2010). "Complexities of Ethiopian Sign Language Contact Phenomena; Implications for AAU". l'Alliance française et le Centre Français des Etudes Ethiopiennes. https://www.academia.edu/1230482/Complexities_of_Ethiopian_Sign_Language_Contact_Phenomena_and_Implications_for_AAU. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Amharic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
