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unusual facts about Amharic



Anne Provoost

Her work, originally published in Dutch, has been translated into many European languages as well as Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic and Turkish.

Asosa Zone

Berta was spoken by 53.6%, Amharic is spoken as a first language by 26.7% and as a second language by another 6.2%, Oromiffa by 11.3% and as a second language by another 5.5%, Fadashi by 4.2%, and Tigrinya by 1.4%.

Badawacho

Hadiya was spoken as a first language by 78.79%, 9.33% Kambaata, 4.92% spoke Alaba, 4.45% Welayta, and 1.79% spoke Amharic; the remaining 0.72% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Chaha language

Chaha or Cheha (in Chaha and Amharic: ቸሃ čehā or čexā) is a Gurage language spoken in central Ethiopia, mainly within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region and by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa.

Debtera

The poet Gebre Hanna, renowned in Amharic oral tradition for (to quote Donald Levine) "his quick and biting wit," was a debtera.

EOTC

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the official English title translating the Amharic title, ኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተክርስቲያን (or ኢ.ኦ.ተ.ቤ.);

Fentale

Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 43.25%, 39.78% spoke Amharic, 5.79% spoke Kambaata, 3.38% spoke Welayta, and 3.27% spoke Hadiya; the remaining 4.53% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Fitsum Zemichael

He wrote many songs for different Tigrigna and Amharic artists, such as Abraham Gebremedhen, Alex Kahsay, Azalech Abate, Elsabeth Teshome, Habtom Gebremichael, Kahsay Berhe, Mahlet Gebregiorgis, Moges Mebrahtu, Shewandagen Hailu, Sofia Atsebha, Tirhas Tareke, Tadesse Abraha, Tesfay Gebreyohannes, Tikue Woldu, and Tsehaye Yohannes.

Gabra Manfas Qeddus

Gabra Manfas Qeddus (Amharic: ጋብራ ማንፋስ ቀድዱስ; also familiarly called Abo) was an Ethiopian Christian saint, and the founder of the monastery of Zuqualla.

Hadiya Zone

Hadiya is spoken as a first language by 79.6%, 10.13% Silte, 3.2% spoke Kambaata, 2.65% spoke Amharic, and 1% spoke Soddo Gurage; the remaining 3.42% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Hadiya is spoken as a first language by 90.94%, 2.24% spoke Amharic, and 1.94% spoke Kambaata; the remaining 4.88% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Hagit Yaso

During the show, Yaso sang in several languages, including Hebrew, English, Amharic and Moroccan Arabic.

Olga Kapeliuk

"Some suprasentential constructions in Amharic", in: Andrzej Zaborski (ed.), New data and new methods in Afroasiatic linguistics : Robert Hetzron in memoriam, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2001 (ISBN 3-447-04420-9), pp.

Semien Omo Zone

Welayta is spoken as a first language by 44.27% of the inhabitants, 25.88% speak Gamo, 10.22% Kullo, 8.86% Gofa, 2.27% Amharic, 2.14% Basketo, and 1.8% Konta; the remaining 4.56% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Seraro

Oromiffa was spoken as a first language by 78.99%, 8.3% spoke Hadiya, 4.89% spoke Alaba, 2.74% spoke Kambaata, and 2.35% spoke Amharic; the remaining 2.73% spoke all other primary languages reported.

Yebbo Communication Network

According to 2006 client request data, the Afro-Asiatic Amharic, Tigrinya, Somali and Oromo are designated as Yebbo’s Core languages, in addition to the Niger-Congo Swahili language, and the Nilo-Saharan Dinka and Nuer languages.


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