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From [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia's] article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic Amharic] |
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Amharic is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. It is the second most spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the "official working" language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and thus has official status and use nationwide |
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic Wikipedia]:Amharic (አማርኛ āmariññā) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages Semitic language] spoken in North Central [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia Ethiopia] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amhara_people Amhara]. It is the second most spoken Semitic language in the world, after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language Arabic], and the "official working" language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and thus has official status and use nationwide. Amharic is also the official or working language of several of the states within the federal system, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amhara_Region Amhara Region], the multi-ethnic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Nations,_Nationalities,_and_People's_Region Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region]. It has been the working language of government, the military, and of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church] throughout modern times. Outside Ethiopia, Amharic is the language of some 2.7 million emigrants (notably in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel Israel] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden Sweden]), and is spoken in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea Eritrea] by educated Eritreans of the preindependence generation and younger deportees from Ethiopia.<br> <br>It is written, with some adaptations, with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge'ez_alphabet Ge'ez alphabet] (used for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge'ez_language the language of the same name]) called fidel in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Semitic_languages Ethiopian Semitic languages] (ፊደል fĭdel 'alphabet,' 'letter,' or 'character'). |
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== Setup of Experimental Amharic Support == |
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See [[Ethiopian Setup]] |
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Development tracked here: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/EthiopianLocale |
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== Alphabets == |
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*[[Ge'ez alphabet]] (aka Ethiopic; characters also called Fidel) |
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== Countries / Regions == |
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* Eritrea |
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* [[OLPC Egypt|Egypt]] (immigration) |
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* [[OLPC Ethiopia|Ethiopia]] (official language) |
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* [[OLPC Israel|Israel]] (immigration) |
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* Sweden (immigration) |
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== Other resources on Amharic and ICT == |
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* [http://www.bisharat.net/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Amharic PanAfrican Localisation page on Amharic]<!-- wiki being recovered on new location; contents of page need updating 2015-10-18 --> |
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 18 October 2015
- Not to be confused with the Aramaic language.
- Wikipedia
- Amharic (አማርኛ āmariññā) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. It is the second most spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the "official working" language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and thus has official status and use nationwide. Amharic is also the official or working language of several of the states within the federal system, including Amhara Region, the multi-ethnic Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. It has been the working language of government, the military, and of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church throughout modern times. Outside Ethiopia, Amharic is the language of some 2.7 million emigrants (notably in Egypt, Israel and Sweden), and is spoken in Eritrea by educated Eritreans of the preindependence generation and younger deportees from Ethiopia.
It is written, with some adaptations, with the Ge'ez alphabet (used for the language of the same name) called fidel in Ethiopian Semitic languages (ፊደል fĭdel 'alphabet,' 'letter,' or 'character').
Setup of Experimental Amharic Support
See Ethiopian Setup
Development tracked here: http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/EthiopianLocale
Alphabets
- Ge'ez alphabet (aka Ethiopic; characters also called Fidel)