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Amharic Translation

Amharic language Translation

Amharic language history

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Amharic language facts

A south-Semitic language is spoken in Ethiopia. There are four main languages in Ethiopia. Amharic is called Ethiopian, Amhara, Amiriya, and Abyssinian. The Amharic written alphabet is also known as Geez or Amharic Braille.

Amharic has a unique style of writing procedure called Fidel, a semi-syllabic form of writing. Amharic is strongly influenced by Arabic and Cushitic languages. Specifically, Afaa Oromo.

Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and is spoken in every province of this country. Amharic is spoken in the various states in Ethiopia. Addis Ababa City Council, Dire Dawa Administrative Council, Gumuz Region and SNNPR. Amharic is the linguistic language of the orthodox church of Ethiopia.

Amharic is the second most spoken language after Arabic and the 50th most spoken worldwide. In 2007 there were 25 million Amharic speakers around the world. Amharic is Ethiopia’s official language but only 23.9 million speak it. It is known as the language of upper and middle-class people. It is spoken by the people living in the central highlands.

Around 7-15 million people worldwide speak Amharic.

Amharic Dialects

Dialect Region
Gondar Amharic Widely spoken in Semien Gondar Zone where Gondar is considered a highly urbanized woreda
Gojjam Amharic Widely spoken in North-West Ethiopia
Shewa Amharic Widely spoken in the Shewa region

Amharic History

The origin of the Amharic language is one million years old. It is traced to the 1st millennium BC. Historians ruled out the fact that rulers used the Amharic language in communication. The South-west Arabia King Solomon and Queen of Sheba’s descendants travelled through the Red Sea into Eritrea. Menelik 1 the son of the Queen, was the first Ethiopian emperor.

The immigrants mixed with the Cushitic people gave birth to a new language Geez. Geez was the official language of the Axum Empire from 1st to 6th Century AD. Until Axum was overthrown by Amhara. Amhara remained powerful from the 10th to 12th Century AD.

In the 13th Century Amhara was used in the Courts and dominants of people in Ethiopia. Amharic became an official language of Ethiopia in the 14th Century. Amharic documents written in the 14th Century proved that this language was used widely. It was in the 17th Century that the Amharic language became lingua franca.

In 1991, the Ethiopian government welcomed people and ethnic groups to develop their language. They use this language to teach their primary students. Today primary schools in Ethiopia use Amharic and other ethnic languages to teach their students. While secondary schools use English as their medium of instruction.

Interesting facts about language

  • Amharic is written from left side to right side.
  • Rastafarians considered Amharic as a sacred language.
  • In 1970, Reggie's songs written in Amharic included Misty-in-Roots and Ras Micheal.
  • Numbers in Amharic are taken from the Greek Language.
  • Amharic characters are not directly converted to Roman characters.
  • The Amharic language should be translated orally.
  • Amharic has no neutral pronouns. They are either masculine or Feminine.
  • The language comes under category II in difficulty of the language.