Amharic
am · አማርኛ
Amharic (am) is written in the Ethiopic script and has an estimated 39.2M speakers. It is an official language in Ethiopia. CLDR has 2 locales for it.
Native nameአማርኛ
ScriptEthiopicEthi
Speakers39.2Mestimated
Countries2
Locales2
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Code
- am
- Native name
- አማርኛ
- Script
- Ethiopic Ethi
- Likely region
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- one
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | Official | 33% |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 0.59% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 0, 1, 0.5 |
| other | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, … |