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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Generate an image of Amharic (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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Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (326)

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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 ⓘ