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Language code: amh

Technical information about ISO 639 language code amh

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The table below provides technical details for the Amharic language, designated by the amh code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

amh

Name

Official

Amharic

Native

አማርኛ

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
GondarGojjamShewaWollo
Related languages
TigrinyaTigreGeʼezArgobbaHarari
Key facts
Written with the Geʼez abugida where each glyph encodes a consonant-vowel syllableFeatures ejective consonants and emphatic sounds uncommon in most languagesVerbs inflect for person, number, gender, aspect, mood and polarity in a single wordExtensive borrowing from Cushitic languages, Arabic and Italian enriches its lexiconUses the respectful second-person plural to convey politeness in singular address
Sample phrase

ሰላም፣ እንዴት ነህ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Amharic language, identified by the code amh, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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