Amharic
E41109
Amharic is a Semitic language widely spoken in Ethiopia and used as a major language of government, education, and media in the country.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amharic canonical | 118 |
| Amharic language | 13 |
| Amharic is the federal working language of Ethiopia | 1 |
| Amharic literature | 1 |
| Standard Amharic of Addis Ababa | 1 |
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 language ⓘ
surface form:
Italian
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
rich verb conjugation
ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | emphatic consonants ⓘ |
| hasReligionAssociatedUsage | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm |
Amharic
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Amharic of Addis Ababa
|
| 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 languages
ⓘ
surface form:
South Semitic
|
| subfamily | Semitic ⓘ |
| totalSpeakers | tens of millions ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Ethiopia ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amhara (commonly reported)
ⓘ
surface form:
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 of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| writingSystem | Geʽez script ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
Referenced by (134)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tis Issat
subject surface form:
Täkkäze
subject surface form:
Sahle-Work Zewde
subject surface form:
Ethiopian Evangelical churches
this entity surface form:
Amharic literature
this entity surface form:
Amharic language
this entity surface form:
Amharic language
this entity surface form:
Amharic language
this entity surface form:
Amharic language
this entity surface form:
Amharic language
this entity surface form:
Amharic language