Amharic

[ሕጊ።።]

@Amun I didn't want to derail your thread but I'll extend my reply here;

This is the number of people that speak it as a first language (not second):

 

[Apollo]

Hmm, interesting, so some non-Amharas are speaking it as a first language.

In France that's how all the non-French languages were killed off through a process similar to the above. Ireland likewise under British rule.

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Hmm, interesting, so some non-Amharas are speaking it as a first language.

In France that's how all the non-French languages were killed off through a process similar to the above. Ireland likewise under British rule.

Yeah but only some, it might not even be as much as the %'s show because some of these regions actually have ethnic Amhara's, so the % goes down even more.
Also I think that's from the 1994 census.

 

[fox]

How easy is it to learn Amharic? Is it similar to Somali? And can you recommend some learning material?

 

[Striker]

Mashallah Somali galbeed is not using amxaaro language

 

[fox]

Mashallah Somali galbeed is not using amxaaro language

I like how you referred to it as Somali galbeed and not Ogadenia or DDSI

 

[ሕጊ።።]

How easy is it to learn Amharic? Is it similar to Somali? And can you recommend some learning material?

No it's not that similar at all and I wouldn't call it easy, but it depends on the person. There is one pdf I can send you if you want, and there's some okay-ish books online.

Mashallah Somali galbeed is not using amxaaro language

There was no 1994 data for the Somali and Afar region, I doubt it'd be coloured anyway.

 

[Gilgamesh]

Welkait should be shaded way darker

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Welkait should be shaded way darker

It's first language not second in the map

 

[Gilgamesh]

It's first language not second in the map

hmmm then what the do the majority speak as first language?

 

[ሕጊ።።]

hmmm then what the do the majority speak as first language?

Tigrinya now. That was from the 1994 census^ so I believe it should be higher on there^ but lower if a present one is made as the younger generation is dominant now.

 

[Gilgamesh]

Tigrinya now. That was from the 1994 census^ so I believe it should be higher on there^ but lower if a present one is made as the younger generation is dominant now.

My taunt flew over your head, I was implying the locals are majority amhara.

 

[ሕጊ።።]

My taunt flew over your head, I was implying the locals are majority amhara.

Yeah that was the idea.

 

[ሕጊ።።]

@crudetruth2 They are probably as close as English and Hindi are
I've picked up no words on this forum apart from the word for history

 

[fox]

@crudetruth2 They are probably as close as English and Hindi are
I've picked up no words on this forum apart from the word for history

Hindi? Explains why some amharas look Indian. Is their tribes within the ethnic groups similar to the somalis? Is amharas made up of tribes?oromos?tigrays?

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Hindi? Explains why some amharas look Indian. Is their tribes within the ethnic groups similar to the somalis? Is amharas made up of tribes?oromos?tigrays?

No, I didn't mean Hindi is close to Amharic. I meant Amharic and Somalia are just about as similar to each other as English and Hindi are.
Well Oromo clanship works like you guys, but ours is kind of different. We don't do it by going back to a 'forefather' but just from historical provinces and kingdoms.

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

No, I didn't mean Hindi is close to Amharic. I meant Amharic and Somalia are just about as similar to each other as English and Hindi are.
Well Oromo clanship works like you guys, but ours is kind of different. We don't do it by going back to a 'forefather' but just from historical provinces and kingdoms.

So do Habeshas have surnames that signify the province or ancient Kingdom that their family historically resided in?

 

[ሕጊ።።]

So do Habeshas have surnames that signify the province or ancient Kingdom that their family historically resided in?

Place names are not toooo common or as common as usual names but they do exist.

 

[John Michael]

@crudetruth2 They are probably as close as English and Hindi are
I've picked up no words on this forum apart from the word for history

There are actually lot of common words but the languages are so different. You guys (mostly Amharas) even talk in a high pitched bird voice. Also oromo sounds just like Amharic to me nothing like somali. They both have a lot of 'ch' sounds.

 

[ሕጊ።።]

There are actually lot of common words but the languages are so different. You guys (mostly Amharas) even talk in a high pitched bird voice. Also oromo sounds just like Amharic to me nothing like somali. They both have a lot of 'ch' sounds.

Yes true. And that's mainly the females, it does range from deep to high pitched.
And that's probably because your a Somali speaker, I can speak Amharic too and to me it sounds nothing like Oromo.
ch is a letter in English, Italian etc. loanwords in Tigrinya, and ch' is from the neighbouring Cushitic languages. Same thing in Amharic I think.