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Amharic

Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populations in Ethiopia.

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Dialects
Gondar · Gojjam · Wollo · Shewa · Addis Ababa
Ethnicity
Amhara
Glottolog
amha1245
ISO 639-1
am
ISO 639-2
amh
ISO 639-3
amh

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Rastafari movement

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Amharic

Nodes182
Edges181
Triples356
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010989
Components1

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Amharic

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related to Grammar · 96
Amharic → Abraham, Accademia, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Afevork, Afevork Ghevre Jesus, African Studies, African Studies Center, Amarinnya Dirset, Amharic Grammar, Amharic Phonology, Amsalu Aklilu, An Amharic, Anbessa Teferra, Ann Arbor, Appleyard, Armbruster, Baye Yimam, Bender, Bennet
related to Dictionaries · 49
Amharic → Abbadie, Actes, Addis Ababa, Amsalu Aklilu, Amxarsko-russkij, Antoine, Artistic, August, Berkeley, California Press, Church Missionary Society, Concise Amharic Dictionary, Dictionary, Dictionnaire, Diré-DaouaGankin, Englisch, English, English Dictionary, English-Amharic, Enrico Cerulli
related to history · 31
Amharic → Additionally, Afar, Afro-Asiatic, All, Amhara, Amhara Emperor Yekuno Amlak, Amharic Lisane Negus, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Jewish, Ethiopian Orthodox, Ethiopic, Furthermore, Ge'ez, Geʽez, Israel, It, Lalibela, Lǝssanä, More, Most
related to Literature · 26
Amharic → Abu Rumi, Baalu Girma, Bible, Crypt, Emperor, English, Ethiopia Amda Seyon, Ethiopian, Fiqir Iske Meqabir, Grave, Haddis Alemayehu, ISBN, Kebede Michael, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Love, Others, Sisay Ayenew, Soldier
related to Rastafari movement · 22
Amharic → After Haile Selassie's, English, Ethiopian, Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie's, Head, Iyaric, Jamaica, Lincoln Thompson, Many Rastafarians, Misty, Pan-African, Ras, Ras Michael, Ras Täfäri, Rastafari, Roots, Satta Massagana, Tafari, The
related to Software · 20
Amharic → Amharic Language Interface Pack, Amharic Script, Amharic-language Wiki, Ethiopic, Fedora, Google, In February, Language Tools, Linux, Microsoft, Nyala, Since, There, Ubuntu, Unicode, Vista, Wikipedia, Windows, Windows Vista, YouTube
related to Jewish Amharic · 18
Amharic → Another, Beta Israel, Christian, Currently Jewish Amharic, God, Hebrew, Israel, It, Jewish, Jewish Amharic, Judeo-Amharic, Mary, Mary's, Modern Hebrew, Moses's, One, The Beta Israel, This
related to Gemination · 12
Amharic → Arabic, As, Bantu, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Semitic, Gemination, Grave, Haddis Alemayehu, Hebrew, Love, That, This
related to External links · 11
Amharic → Abyssinica SIL, Amharic Keyboard, Character, FSI Amharic, Geʽez, Grover Hudson, Michigan State University, Noto Sans Ethiopic, Noto Serif Ethiopic, Selected Annotated Bibliography, US State Dept
Language family · 8
Amharic → Amharic, Amharic–ArgobbaAmharic, EthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic, SemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic, South SemiticEthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic, SouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic, TransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic, West SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic

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language nouns semitic used ethiopia also plural forms languages verb singular person suffix gender suffixes noun number form one pronouns

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AmharicDialectsGondar1.00infobox
AmharicDialectsGojjam1.00infobox
AmharicDialectsWollo1.00infobox
AmharicDialectsShewa1.00infobox
AmharicDialectsAddis Ababa1.00infobox
AmharicEthnicityAmhara1.00infobox
AmharicGlottologamha12451.00infobox
AmharicISO 639-1am1.00infobox
AmharicISO 639-2amh1.00infobox
AmharicISO 639-3amh1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familySemiticWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familyWest SemiticSouth SemiticEthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familySouth SemiticEthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familyEthiopicSouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familySouthTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familyTransversalAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familyAmharic–ArgobbaAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLanguage familyAmharic1.00infobox
AmharicLinguasphere12-ACB-a1.00infobox
AmharicNative toEthiopia1.00infobox
AmharicOfficial language inEthiopia1.00infobox
AmharicPronunciation[amarɨɲːa] ⓘ1.00infobox
AmharicRegulated byImperial Academy (former)1.00infobox
AmharicSigned formsSigned Amharic1.00infobox
AmharicSpeakersL1: 35 million (2020) L2: 25 million (2019) Total: 60 million (2019–2020)1.00infobox
AmharicWriting systemGeʽez script (Amharic abugida) Geʽez Braille1.00infobox
Amharicis aEthio-Semitic language0.90text
Amharicis alargest0.90text
Amharicis aAfro-Asiatic language of the Southwest Semitic group and is related to Geʽez0.90text
Amharicis aSouth Ethio-Semitic language0.90text

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