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231 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Amharic �m�h�r�k
Language name Amele
Autonym (if known and different) amhariñña
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Afro-Asiatic Semitic
Language family Trans-New- Gum
Guinea
Spoken in Ethiopia, Sudan
Spoken in Papua New Guinea (S of Madang)
Approximate number of speakers 20m
Approximate number of speakers 6k
Writing system its own alphabet
Writing system Roman (introduced by missionaries)
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress not relevant
Stress weight-based
Contains following rare ejective
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm syllable timed
Rhythm stress-timed
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony limited height and front–back harmony
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
and fusional
Particular formation types prefix; root-and-pattern; suffix
Morphology agglutinative word-based
and some
fusion
Syntax
Word order SOV AN prepositions and
PossN postpositions
Particular formation types dvandva; incorporation; partial prefixed and full
reduplication; suffix
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; morphological aspect; nominative/accusative
marking
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Points of interest
Sources Bender (2003), Ullendorf (1965)
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; dual; serial verbs
Points of interest
Sources Roberts (1987)