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    This document provides an overview of the Amharic language. Some key points: - Amharic is a Semitic language spoken primarily in Ethiopia, with around 25 million speakers. It has its own writing system called the Amharic Fidel. - The writing system is semi-syllabic, with 33 consonant symbols that vary according to the vowel. Each symbol typically represents a whole syllable. - Verbs are derived from roots and use prefixes and suffixes to indicate subject, person, number, and gender. Verbs agree with their subjects and occur at the end of sentences. - Nouns also use prefixes and suffixes to indicate properties like gender, number, definiteness, and object

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    This document provides an overview of the Amharic language. Some key points: - Amharic is a Semitic language spoken primarily in Ethiopia, with around 25 million speakers. It has its own writing system called the Amharic Fidel. - The writing system is semi-syllabic, with 33 consonant symbols that vary according to the vowel. Each symbol typically represents a whole syllable. - Verbs are derived from roots and use prefixes and suffixes to indicate subject, person, number, and gender. Verbs agree with their subjects and occur at the end of sentences. - Nouns also use prefixes and suffixes to indicate properties like gender, number, definiteness, and object

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    This document provides an overview of the Amharic language. Some key points: - Amharic is a Semitic language spoken primarily in Ethiopia, with around 25 million speakers. It has its own writing system called the Amharic Fidel. - The writing system is semi-syllabic, with 33 consonant symbols that vary according to the vowel. Each symbol typically represents a whole syllable. - Verbs are derived from roots and use prefixes and suffixes to indicate subject, person, number, and gender. Verbs agree with their subjects and occur at the end of sentences. - Nouns also use prefixes and suffixes to indicate properties like gender, number, definiteness, and object

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    This document provides an overview of the Amharic language. Some key points: - Amharic is a Semitic language spoken primarily in Ethiopia, with around 25 million speakers. It has its own writing system called the Amharic Fidel. - The writing system is semi-syllabic, with 33 consonant symbols that vary according to the vowel. Each symbol typically represents a whole syllable. - Verbs are derived from roots and use prefixes and suffixes to indicate subject, person, number, and gender. Verbs agree with their subjects and occur at the end of sentences. - Nouns also use prefixes and suffixes to indicate properties like gender, number, definiteness, and object

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    Amharic

     

               Machine  Transla/on  Seminar    
    Alon  Har  -­‐  Carmel
    Some  Facts
    •  Amharic  is  a  Semi/c  language,  Developed  in  the  
    Horn  of  Africa  during  the  10th  century.  
    •  It  is  the  second-­‐most  spoken  Semi/c  language  in  
    the  world  (25  million),  aJer  Arabic.  
    •  She  is  the  official  language  in  several  state  in    
    Ethiopia.    
    •  Outside  Ethiopia,  Amharic  is  the  language  of  
    some  2.7  million  emigrants.    
    •  It  is  wriPen  (leJ-­‐to-­‐right)  using  Amharic  Fidel,  
    which  grew  out  of  the  Ge'ez  script(  Ge'ez  
    abugida).  
    Alphabet  -­‐  Wri/ng  System  
     
    •  Amharic  has  its  own  wri/ng  system,  a  semi-­‐
    syllabic  system.  
    •  There  are  33  consonant  symbols  that  have  
    seven  varia/ons,    
    •  Varia/ons  are  according  to  the  vowel  that  is  
    coupled  with  the  consonant.  
    •  each  lePer  or  symbol  usually  represents  a  
    whole  syllable.  
    verbs  
    •  verbs  use  a  combina/on  of  prefixes  and  
    suffixes  to  indicate  the  subject,  person,  
    number  and  gender.  
    •  Verbs  are  derived  from  roots.  
    •  Verbs  agree  with  their  subjects.  
    •  Verbs  are  placed  at  the  end  of  the  sentence.    
    •  Example  :  
    Nouns  
    •  Nouns  may  denote  gender,  number,  
    definiteness  and  direct  object  status  by  
    prefixes  and  suffixes  
    •  nouns  may  have  a  masculine  or  feminine  
    gender  
    •  The  feminine  gender  is  used  to  indicate  
    female  as  well  as  smallness  and  express  
    tenderness  or  sympathy  .    
    •  Plurals  are  indicated  by  the  suffix  –očč  
    Word  Order  
    •  The  typical  clause  order  in  Amharic  is  noun  +  
    object  +  verb.    
    •  Some  examples  :  
    Tools  
    •  hPp://www.amharicdic/onary.com/
    default.aspx  
    •  hPps://glosbe.com/en/am/    
    •  Babylon  
    •  No  Google  translate    
    References  
    •  hPp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic  
    •  hPp://www.amharicmachine.com/default/
    alphabet  
    •  hPp://languagemanuals.weebly.com/
    uploads/4/8/5/3/4853169/
    amharic_language_manual.pdf  

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