Amharic

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Amharic is a Semitic language widely spoken in Ethiopia and used as a major language of government, education, and media in the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Semitic language
natural language
branch Ethiopian Semitic
closelyRelatedTo Geʽez
Tigrinya
family Afroasiatic
hasDigitalSupport Unicode
major operating systems and mobile platforms
hasLiteraryTraditionSince at least the 14th century
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
English
Geʽez
Italian
linked to: Italian language
hasMorphologicalFeature rich verb conjugation
root-and-pattern morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
hasReligionAssociatedUsage Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
hasStandardForm Standard Amharic of Addis Ababa
linked to: Amharic
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order
historicalAncestor Geʽez
languageCodeISO639-1 am
languageCodeISO639-2 amh
languageCodeISO639-3 amh
nativeSpeakers tens of millions
nativeSpeakersRegion Addis Ababa
central Ethiopia
officialStatus official language of several regional states in Ethiopia
working language of the Federal Government of Ethiopia
primaryCountry Ethiopia
scriptDirection left-to-right
subbranch South Semitic
subfamily Semitic
totalSpeakers tens of millions
usedAs lingua franca in Ethiopia
usedBy Amhara people
many other ethnic groups in Ethiopia
usedIn Ethiopian film industry
Ethiopian popular music
Ethiopian print media
education in Ethiopia
government in Ethiopia
media in Ethiopia
usedInDiasporaCommunities Canada
Europe
Israel
United States
writingSystem Geʽez script
writingSystemType abugida

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Ethiopia officialLanguage Amharic
Ethiopian Jews language Amharic
Samuel hasLanguageForm Amharic
Eskinder Nega languageOfWorkOrName Amharic
Michael isUsedInLanguage Amharic
Addis Ababa officialLanguage Amharic
Amharic hasStandardForm Standard Amharic of Addis Ababa
linked to: Amharic
Tigrinya closelyRelatedTo Amharic
Tigrinya sharesScriptWith Amharic
Ge'ez ancestorOf Amharic
Ge'ez writingSystemUsedBy Amharic
Gondar region language Amharic
Kes languageOfTerm Amharic
subject linked to: kes
Sigd liturgicalLanguage Amharic
Geʽez influenced Amharic
subject linked to: Geez
Geʽez writingSystemUsedFor Amharic
subject linked to: Geez
Geʽez script usedForLanguage Amharic language
linked to: Amharic
Gurage languages hasDialectContinuumWith Amharic language
linked to: Amharic
Gurage languages areInfluencedBy Amharic language
linked to: Amharic
Tigre closelyRelatedTo Amharic
Saho hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Amharic
Amhara primaryLanguage Amharic
subject linked to: Amhara (commonly reported)
Amhara traditionalEliteLanguage Amharic
subject linked to: Amhara (commonly reported)
Amhara nationalLanguageStatus Amharic is the federal working language of Ethiopia
subject linked to: Amhara (commonly reported)
linked to: Amharic
Julie Mehretu languageSpoken Amharic
Yonas hasLanguageUsage Amharic
Ejersa Goro hasLanguage Amharic
Derg officialLanguage Amharic
Harar hasLanguage Amharic