Amharic

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Amharic

Spoken by	19 million
Spoken in	Ethiopia
Language family:	Semitic

Amharic (amarəñña) is spoken by approximately 15 million native and 4 million second language speakers in Ethiopia. It is a member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. After Arabic, it is the second most widely spoken Semitic language in addition to being the 4th largest overall in Africa.

Contents 1 Phonology 2 Grammar 3 Orthography 4 Common difficulties 5 Resources

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It is written using a modified form of the Ge'ez abugida which is called fidäl (meaning: 'script' or 'alphabet').

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There is an FSI-course for Amharic.

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