ISO 639-3 · amhamh
Afroasiatic family
Amharic
አማርኛ
Amharic is a language of the Ethiopian Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan and 1 more country. Wikidata counts 21.9 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Semitic language of Ethiopia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
amh- ISO 639-1
am- Glottocode
amha1245- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 12.00, 38.00
- Wikipedia
- 134 language editions
21.9 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
5countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Amharic · አማርኛ |
|---|---|
| Also called | am |
| L1 speakers | 21,900,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 25,000,000 (2003) |
| Written in | Geʽez script |
| Official in | Ethiopia |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Amharic
The branches above Amharic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · EducationalsgwSebat Bet GurageAfroasiatic · 1.5 m5 · DevelopingdrsGedeoAfroasiatic · 980,0004 · Educational