Amasiganalo! Indeed Amharinha is a unique and difficult language. When I was in Ethiopia, I learned enough to be polite and I have to say that the locals absolutely loved the fact that I tried. Ethiopia and Ethiopians are AMAZING! Igizihr Yemessagin!
Ethiopia was the first place that I visited where I had absolutely no clue about the language. They tell time differently too. They run two twelve-hour cycles but they start and end at sunrise and sunset so noon is 6 and so is midnight. It actually makes sense except that nobody else does it that way.
@@newmind4850 Yes we use an Ethiopian calendar, 13 month. The year is 2013, it's the 11th month but we don't call it November instead we call it Hamle and the date is the 7th not the 14th. The only similarity of today is that it's Wednesday but it won't be Thursday on midnight. And you know how you guys fluctuate 30 and 31st on your months, we have 12 straight months with 30 days and we just collect the remaining 5 days and made it our 13th month.
Thank you for introduced our language. Amharic is the official language in Ethiopia.....❤❤ spoken over 80% when you compare to other language in Ethiopia.
I’m Ethiopian and native Amharic speaker. I really admire your effort and you covered all your bases - I don’t think I can present it better! Well done Julie! 👌🏾
I had a roommade and friend in student times in the 80th, in East-Germany. He came from Etiopia. I learnd a few words, i.e. to count: and, hulät, sost, arat, amist ... Long ago, but a nice time
I speak both Amharic & Tigrigna fluently, basically we're the same people with the same culture, same food and have similar characters. Your presentation though is awesome, thanks !!
Unfortunately TPLF tried to destroy Amharic language even shutdown the Amharic department at the University. We always realize the mistake after the damage is done;(
Yes that’s correct. In the video she said it’s the first language to some, but forgot to mention others speak it in addition to their local language :)
exhabiher maskin. Amharic is a beautiful unique language of an equally beautiful unique people. My fam lived amongst the Habesha for 6 years-nothing but love and respect. exabiheir berkachu.
Excellent research. Such an advanced language. I see in a comment about the double 12-hour system. It is exactly as we see in the Bible. The zeroless numbering system is also very significant. Numbering was a huge problem in ancient times. The history of Ethiopia is amazing, especially regarding the Queen of Sheba and the dynasties up to the present.
Thank you for your appreciation, if you are interested we have different calander from the European.I can't explain well to you in English so, please search it.
My first language is Amharic. I can still read and speak it fluently. But i'm kind of starting to forget how to read. I moved to the US when I was 11 lol but this video is motivating me to never forget my language
hopefully soon. right now, there’s a genocide in tigray region being committed by ethio and eritrean government. the country is sadly falling apart because of the prominent amhara ethnic group trying to ethnically cleansed innocent tigrayans
So I'm a native Amharic speaker and I learned a few things about the language (historical facts) that I didn't know. Very interesting video. You can tell she did plenty of research. Presentation was also so smooth and understandable. Great job overall, glad I came across your video
Hi, I live in Israel, and often hear Amharic. It doesn't sound like any language I know the sounds of. I'd like to say a bit about the Ethiopians. So many are very special people: police, sensitive--many bright and talented. It has be terrifically difficult for the to adjust to the Western culture. For example, in Ethiopia, a forty year old man would be considered retirement age, with his children proudly taking over the (farm) responsibilities and supporting the parents. Here, his life is stressful and complicated. As a teacher, I was very touched by the Ethiopian youth. I wished some of their good qualities had rubbed off on the often rude Israelis! Still, many have adjusted and do well, generally easier for the younger than their parents and grandparents.
@@fassiladane6973 Hi! I'm both Jewish and Israeli. I grew up in the USA, and wanted to lived my life in a worthwhile way--helping build my people's (then new) country. That was more than 50 years ago... Now, I enjoy my Israeli grandchildren.
Yes, I am Ethiopian American, my parents are professionals migrated to US. I think Israel may not have the structure to nurture and help immigrants to adapt easily. If I may say so, I was appalled by the attitude of being Very judgmental and rude culturally. On the other hand In US we have a supportive, nurturing system to immigrates. ( I know people think Americans are aloud…..but not rude and disrespectful ) As they are many immigrants and came from various countries US has a well organized structure and provides nurturing involvement. It might be US is a much wealthier country compared to Israel. In general We have more opportunities not only to survive further to thrive to the majority of immigrants. The other thing is that US is unique in appreciating and valuing immigrants skills because of this the thriving follows.
@@elkiness thanks for answering my question. do you read the Jews bible? if you do so which person story do you like the most. Ethiopian religious Historians say king David has ethiopian heritage from his mother's side. what do you think about that or have you ever heard about it?
It’s alien to the region other languages are almost the same and Amharic has obsolutely no relation to the languages of the region for example they occupy my region with the help of white supremacy and whenever they speak I feel like I’m in the presence of aliens and I forget anything else that might be happening around me and to make it even worse they don’t use the same sounds as the rest of humanity. Even if you listen closely it’s impossible to hear or repeat what you heard. It’s like freaking birds or even cows, goats, sheep or wild beasts talking. Their words are made up of different sounds! I can say they are the African version of Chinese!
@@sareeyemanusqaame8723 I chose that ccountry because (as an European) i know there isnt none influences from Europe during last centuries, so, an unknow sound, no marks, totally lost to listen people speaking Amharic but here, all the beauty of this nation.
I love your videos so much. You give the perfect amount of introduction to each language you cover, history, grammar, culture, it all works so well together and your attitude conveys the purity of your curiosity so well. Thank you for your videos and I hope you continue making them
Thanks for this post. I lived in Ethiopia for 2 years, long ago, so this was a good reminder of this unique language. I learned enough of it to be polite, but I wish now I’d tried harder while I was there. I can identify the language when I hear it spoken (which isn’t often) and it always brings back many good memories.
Amharic is also the federal language, Southern Nations region language, and Harari region government language. That is why I say over 80 million people speak Amharic.
She was counting people who speak Amharic as a first language, not speakers as a whole. Even if 80 mill can speak it, most have learned it as a second language. Likewise, English L1 and L2 speakers differ massively. Less than 400mill speak English primarily while nearly a billion can speak it as a second language.
@@mahmoudelfannan81 Abiy has already left the whole Tigray. What else you need? You are stooge of the mafia fang-ster spitting venom all over Ethiopia, Eritrea, Afar, Benishangul, and so on. TPLF has been sucking Ethiopian blood like a leech.
When I first met Ethiopians, I immediately noticed that their Arabic was smoother than other non-Arabs, they even pronounce the hardest letters in Arabic. I know there is a relation between the two languages and the two people, but I don't know it yet.
Please understand that there similarities between Amharic and Arabic language, Amharic is spoken and developed in Africa by blacks who are native to Ethiopia. And Ethiopians are 100 percent black or kush
@@ተዋበችወርቁ "...for we are of the opinion that the terms "black" & "white" be abandoned as a means of describing human beings. Human beings are precisely the same regardless of national origin, race or creed." H. I. M. Haile Selassie I on Meet the Press an American talk show
@@josephk7255 not all. The number she mentioned is only people residing in one area where the Amhara community is populated. But in most areas of the country there are millions of people speaking Amharic as first language. In addition millions are also speak Amharic as second language
@@tossatube6559 She mentioned only the population that speaks Amharic as their first language. I am sure, that number is bigger than what she gave, but definitely not around 80mil. Maybe in between 40 to 50. Others are just taught as they grew up. And the total number of speakers may comprise up to 80million as you said.
As native Amharic speaker and language lover… I always wished to know how it sounds to others. Which I will never know. I find it to be the most romantic; poetic, elegant and funny language ever. I do speak French, English and Tigrigna fluently. Some Spanish and Italian. So I get to compare it.
as an Ethiopian and native speaker of Both Amharic and Oromo language, i'm ashamed that i didn't know quarter of what you just said. it was impressive how you pronounce the words without having a problem.
As a native Amharic speaker, Thank you for this video. And Geez nowadays it is being learned in a large community in Germany, USA and other countries as a college degree level. Amharic on the other hand is such a beautiful language but a little bit hard. So for anyone trying to learn Amharic just try your best. Good Luck!!!
Man! That’s nuts! Thank you for your hard work and beautiful representation of our language! There are a few mistakes on the translations 😅. But overall, that was awesome! 👏🏾
Which Hebrew do mean? The dead Biblical Hebrew might have some similar vocabulary but not the new European settlers mish- mash so called Hebrew which has not at all a Semitic phonology. Biblical Hebrew has borrowed from Ethiopic Ge'ez the seven vowel in the 9th century and Arabic too in 8th century AD after the rise of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula.
Good job thank you. Afro-semitic languages Came from Africa From North East of Africa to Arabia peninsula and from there up to the north, West Asia Which is as you mention a couple of them Arabic, Hebrews, Aramic, Assyrian .... etc People call it semitic languages for short. Once again thank you great job have a good one.
@Real Sid206 Hi, I'm not sure you asking me (Behzad Parsa) or miss Julie if you're asking me I have to admit I don't understand what you mean by geez are you talking about Jesus I'm just guessing I am not sure let me know please.
@Real Sid206 It is hard to say because when people start moving different direction and getting separate from each other as a group start developing different dialog, different accent and true time long time generations thousands years they becomes different languages and some of them might be developed in the same time in different places my guess would be those ancient Afro-semitic languages they are not in use anymore as they call it dead languages which is like a ancient Egyptian, akkadian, old Aramic, old Babylon....est. I hope this help.
To me spoken Amharic is very much its own language, but with Semitic phonology. If I didn’t already know and you told me it was related to Arabic I wouldn't be surprised.
The native speaker section was very interesting! When the first man spoke, it sounded a little like Arabic with African language influences, and the "ooh"s sounding like Farsi. Then the second woman spoke and it sounded a lot more like Hindi at the start and then even a bit Nordic towards the end - agree it's a very unique-sounding language!
The First Man is news anchor while the the second Woman is a singer and she speak Amharic like English Pronunciation. ruclips.net/video/s51aLpoj6Vw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/spxPftod55A/видео.html ruclips.net/video/h7OtD5uWXrY/видео.html ruclips.net/video/im_hn8Zww24/видео.html ruclips.net/video/IKACxtYn5os/видео.html ruclips.net/video/M64lP5wFn4s/видео.html
@@BF-bb5us Not only is geez influenced by Greek and Indians our cultures, our churches, our people in general are influenced by Greek and Indians It's an old language but it's still learns
@@Gebri3l Where is the Greek influence on Ge'ez? and the introduction of vowels is said to be a innovation of the Eritrean and Ethiopian people. We had this trading nation and we were the only ones influenced by this trade. Eritreans and Ethiopians have internalised a lot of western bias and can't see through it. Where is the Indian influence that you speak of.
Stop Iying, even this 32 million is very doubtful. Amharic speakers don't even count 20 million as some of the Amharas themselves don't even speak Amharic perfectly,
as an Ethiopian, I must say your analysis was spot on!! You took time out to learn and explain Amharic, well, .. gobez nesh! Demo aynochish yamralu. oh, and where can I get that map of Ethiopia at 4:22 ? really..thx for posting this.
Thanks again Julie for another fascinating glimpse of a fascinating language. Amharic is truly a beautiful language with a mysterious script. Do you dare to explore the island of New Guinea? Tok Pisin maybe? Tenkyu. Gutbai. Lukim yu bihain
When it comes to writing in any language you use the phonetic or syllabic system. The phonetic system is like in English. It uses consonants and vowels. Vowels are a e i o u and y. The rest are consonants. In this system the letters are few because you use vowels and consonants to create as much sound as you wish. In syllabic language a letter is allocated to every sound. This makes the letters numerous. in the case of Amharic more than 200. But it has its own advantage. in syllabic languages once you memorized the letters you don't have to worry about spelling error. You don't have study spelling. A six grade student is as precise as professor when it comes to spelling. That is not the case in English. Spelling error is a problem in languages using the phonetic system. Redundancy in syllabic.
Wow, what an extremely interesting and complex language (especially those numbers and conjugations!!!)! Ethiopia sounds fascinating! It would be neat if you did one on Irish/Irish Gaelic...I wonder how it compares to the Welsh (since they're both in the Celtic language family)
I love your detail historical presentation of Amharic language. Unfortunately small minded and ethno phobic politicians of other ethnic groups are trying to eradicate this language from the country. Amharic language has been a target of this haters who control the government power in the last 30 years. They have removed the Amharic language classes from schools and limit its use in the government institutions. Because of that the number of people who can speak and write Amharic language have declined significantly in the last 30 years. I believe all Ethiopians should cherish and develop the language that is so unique in the world.
Brilliant! Always love your videos. Ethiopia is a fascinating place with a fascinating language and history. I wish you were a neighbor, so I could take you to an Ethiopian restaurant! ;-) Amazing cuisine! Like their script, it's like nothing else.
@@waanofiitube2008 did I say any thing about oromo here. Some mind of Phobia is killing you. To see the light, speak the truth. Language is gift. Oromo did not make it neither Amhara. Listen your heart. Don't be a slave of emotion that always misleads you. I don't hate any one in this world, but don't expect I give 👍 to criminals or misinformations.
@@SamSam-sc4rg then what does it mean by amharic has spoken around all the country? do you have enough information that around 85% of total population of the people lives in in the country side? and do you have any idea that amharic language has been spoken only around the urban area? guess what percent can speak the language. she said 33% percent can speak the language and interestingly she speaks the truth. you have to accept it. we know your intention that you all want to threaten oromic which is wide spoken that is why you said amharic language is been spoken by all the nation which is far from fact
@@waanofiitube2008 what she said is a prove for you right? Why don't you just tell me that the truth you know on the ground. Why we rely on someone from abroad to tell as about ourselves. Why the question of language came at this time? Who is behind this person. They know that Africans better die than listening to each other, work together, grow together and live together. We spend billions of dollars every year to ammunitions to kill each other that never made us a better africans. Why developed countries work together, cooprate economically, militarily and socially? Because they know that is a good way to grow.
Thank you for the amazing video trying to introduce Amharic language to the world and you are successful!! One thing you might have missed through your presentation is that In Amharic grammar there is also ‘polite form ‘ which English and some other language might not have. For example: አንተ ( you singular ) - እናንተ ( you plural) vs እርስዎ ( you singular polite) - እናንተ ( you plural polite). French and Russian Languages might have such conjugations My second comment: I am not sure if there is proven evidence that the Geez language is derived from Arabic language though it is semantic language. We believe that the Geez is primary after Hebrew language. We may need to make more search on that. Thank you very much !!
As an Ethiopian I really admired what you presented and the way you presented it. I knew Paul from Canada (Langfocus) who is a linguiste who presented the same topic. Thank you for elaborating on the history of the language too. Keep it up.
The amharic language is speak in all of the country Ethiopia .because it is national language.in this case not only 32 million people speak amharic language.
@@teddyissak2720 Ge'ez is an alphabet and who is defining what is considered an alphabet and not?! There's clearly a reason for doing so. What other languages predate
@@BF-bb5us It's not an alphabet, It's syllabary script (which is more complex and ancient type of writing system). Alphabet is much more simplistic and a recent form.
@@BF-bb5us According local ge'ez scholars, before the ge'ez syllable there was a geometric and artisitc form of writing system. Some of them are still preserved in under taIismanic scared texts. Go Iook it up.
Dear Julingo Amharic is spoken more than 32M. It is still dominates language in all bigger towns in Ethiopia even in Oromia, SNNPR and other regions. Even in Addis Ababa almost all more than 7M people speak Amharic. Amharic was the regional official language for SNNPR which represent more than 26M. It is also an official language for Benishangul and Gambelia regions. When you consider these who are not counted the total people spiking Amharic will be more than 75M.
It makes me feel happy to see the video for my mother tongue language, Amharic (አማርኛ) is getting significantly higher number of views within short period of time (compaired to other language videos). Thanks Juli, you are awesome! And of course I am a subscriber.
As a Native Hebrew speaker I spent round 5 months in Ethiopia and my impression is that Amharic is directly influenced by Hebrew (and other Semitic languages) and that is also reflected in Ethiopia's history. I find it easier to understands words in Amharic than in Arabic.
my guy understand that it doesen't have to be white to black as your ppl always think should be, Ethiopian language amharic came from Ge'ez and Ge'ez is much older than Hebrew and any other languages in the world.
LMAO no ge'ez like arabic,hebrew, aramiac,assyrian is a western-semetic language however Ge'ez is more similar to arabic than hebrew b/c it's historal provenance with safiatic-arabic.
@keshi5541 Ge'ez is not older than hebrew and safiatic arabic. The oldest semetic language is akkadian language that was spoken by people in present-day northern and central iraq.
This language structure is as same as Tamil(Thamiz) language, the oldest living language of India. And this sounds more like Sinhalese language. Thank you for this historic informative video 🙏
Yes, thank you. U came close to my research about one of the Asian language Sanskrit which seems related to Amharic please see my video Is Sanskrit a Semitic language? U will be surprised
Very interesting analysis! Amharic has ben used forthousadsofyears by most Ethipians for business or day to day communiction. In country with more than 80 other languages spoken, Amharic has been used with all as communicatin means. It is one of the reasons that kept the country together and independent.
If you count the people whose second language is Amharic, then it will probably be more than 57 million. But, 32 million is a fair number for those whose mother tongue is Amharic.
Thank you. አመሰግናለሁ! You are wonderful because you are “truth, fact” seeker. 💕💕 However, according to ancient Ethiopian literature: it is written that ancient Ethiopian Empire lasted for thousands of years-This ancient empire included/ influenced not only all of Africa, ( for You can find extensions of Axum in West and South Africa) but also across the ocean to East India, as far as China as well as huge part of Middle East. Ethiopia is the mother of Egypt’s civilization. There was huge civilization even pre- Axum. Some ancient writings have been translated from Gieze to Amharic then to Greek then to English, French, German etc.......and a lot more still waiting to be translated and interpreted for the world at large. Keep seeking and you will find the truth the light 🙏🙏🙏
Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and has been spoken since around 1000 BC. It is spoken by over 100 million people, not only in Ethiopia but also in neighboring countries. Amharic is taught as a course in universities in China, the USA, Germany, Russia, and England. Recently, Russia began teaching Amharic in high schools and elementary schools. In Washington DC, Amharic has legal coverage and can be used as a second language.
I remember a Saudi guy on RUclips spoke about how the Ge'ez language has is close to Arabic. like in Arabic there is the letter 'ض' which is only exist only in Arabic ,Ge'ez and Ugaritic languages. and how the grammar is close to each others
I really admire your effort to know about My country Ethiopia. Ethiopia was the first country in the world to accept and declare Islam as its official religion in 615 AD. And it remained from 615- 1270. BTW, the territory of Ethiopia used to be three times more bigger than what is now. It’s the size of Abyssinia that became bigger than what it used to be before the 19th century. Thanks!
Amasiganalo! Indeed Amharinha is a unique and difficult language. When I was in Ethiopia, I learned enough to be polite and I have to say that the locals absolutely loved the fact that I tried. Ethiopia and Ethiopians are AMAZING! Igizihr Yemessagin!
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I appreciated your view of Ethiopia.
I wish i will help you on your Amharic language learning when u were in Ethiopia 😁😁😁
Amasiganalo!
Amasiganalo!
Amharic is a beautiful language I have been learning it the past 3 years
good can you write it tho
Thank You!
Selam neh
so how good are you in speaking Amharic?
Abate atchelem
Ethiopia was the first place that I visited where I had absolutely no clue about the language. They tell time differently too. They run two twelve-hour cycles but they start and end at sunrise and sunset so noon is 6 and so is midnight. It actually makes sense except that nobody else does it that way.
Interesting and their calendar it's different right?
@@newmind4850 Yes, I had forgotten about that. I recall a tourism poster saying "Ethiopia: Thirteen Months of Sunshine".
@@newmind4850 Yes we use an Ethiopian calendar, 13 month. The year is 2013, it's the 11th month but we don't call it November instead we call it Hamle and the date is the 7th not the 14th. The only similarity of today is that it's Wednesday but it won't be Thursday on midnight. And you know how you guys fluctuate 30 and 31st on your months, we have 12 straight months with 30 days and we just collect the remaining 5 days and made it our 13th month.
@@natnaellegessehailu2881 As well you don't count years or celebrate b days right?
@@newmind4850 Ow we do count years and celebrate birthdays 😂
Amharic is the official language in Ethiopia and spoken over 80% When you compare to other languages in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia doesn't have official language
Thank you for introduced our language. Amharic is the official language in Ethiopia.....❤❤ spoken over 80% when you compare to other language in Ethiopia.
@@leilttesfayezerabruk9000ethiopian official languge is Ameharic.
No it’s 85%
Absolutely not True
I’m Ethiopian and native Amharic speaker. I really admire your effort and you covered all your bases - I don’t think I can present it better! Well done Julie! 👌🏾
ድንቅ ስጦታየ ሀገሬ ናት ኢትዮይጵ ሰላምሽ ይብዛ ጥላትሸ ይጥፍ💚💛❤💋💋
አሜንንን🇪🇹💚💛❤
አሚን 💚💛💞
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አሚን ነብስ
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ድንቅ ስጦታዬ እምዬ ኢትዮጵያ ስላምሽ ይብዛ ጠላትሽ ይውደም::🟩🟨🟥🟩🟨🟥🌺 የኔ ውድ እና አመስግናለን ማማማዬ ይህን የምታነቡ በሙሉ እመብርሃን ትጠብቃችሁ ስላማችሁ ይብዛ በክርስቶስ🙏🏻⛪️🙏🏻
Amen❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@RESPECT-cd7nf 💚💚💛💛❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰
As Ethiopian and a native Amharic speaker i have to say your pronunciation is the best I heard from a foreigner. And the news you showed was dark af 😄
I know right
I was thinking the same thing😂😂 esp when the ጭፍጨፋ part came along i was like what the hell
The news ....lol
yo same 😂
Now they know😂
I had a roommade and friend in student times in the 80th, in East-Germany. He came from Etiopia. I learnd a few words, i.e. to count: and, hulät, sost, arat, amist ... Long ago, but a nice time
I speak both Amharic & Tigrigna fluently, basically we're the same people with the same culture, same food and have similar characters. Your presentation though is awesome, thanks !!
Yes! I only speak Tigrinya but we are the same people. I will learn Amharic soon 🥰
I swear I can't understand any Amharic as a Tigrinya speaker.
Unfortunately TPLF tried to destroy Amharic language even shutdown the Amharic department at the University. We always realize the mistake after the damage is done;(
Amharic and Tigrigna are like siblings, i.e. both have the same parent.
Your knowledge is just amazing
Indeed!
Amharic spoken by 85% of the Ethiopian population!
Hi
Yes that’s correct. In the video she said it’s the first language to some, but forgot to mention others speak it in addition to their local language :)
@@BethBirhe-vo5nl ok but amhara similar ameico and hibro that's old lunguc
Why you lie bro
, they should call it Ethiopian language.
Long lives to Ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹
አመስግነናል ምርጧ 😜
Thank you bro💪
Yea long live to the best!!!
@@lalisayab2684 🤗🤗
exhabiher maskin. Amharic is a beautiful unique language of an equally beautiful unique people. My fam lived amongst the Habesha for 6 years-nothing but love and respect. exabiheir berkachu.
Excellent research. Such an advanced language. I see in a comment about the double 12-hour system. It is exactly as we see in the Bible. The zeroless numbering system is also very significant. Numbering was a huge problem in ancient times. The history of Ethiopia is amazing, especially regarding the Queen of Sheba and the dynasties up to the present.
Thank You!
Thank you for your appreciation, if you are interested we have different calander from the European.I can't explain well to you in English so, please search it.
@@abetumaren4576 Thanks, I know about it.
I'm learning Amharic right now! Such a coincidence you've uploaded this
Love Ethiopia!!
My first language is Amharic. I can still read and speak it fluently. But i'm kind of starting to forget how to read. I moved to the US when I was 11 lol but this video is motivating me to never forget my language
Maybe if you read a page of it every day, your brain will be able to maintain it.
Keep your identity and root. You did good. By the way I’m struggling with my kids so that they learn Amarigna.
@@Mark21-53please make them learn
Thank you for this video! Ethiopia is a very unique region, I hope I could travel there one day)
our mama Ethiopia will give u warm and enjoyable hospitality...
We are happy to have you.
I will help U Every thing when you came her please Came
hopefully soon. right now, there’s a genocide in tigray region being committed by ethio and eritrean government. the country is sadly falling apart because of the prominent amhara ethnic group trying to ethnically cleansed innocent tigrayans
Thank you Gorgeous soul😊❤✝️. We love to have you.
So I'm a native Amharic speaker and I learned a few things about the language (historical facts) that I didn't know. Very interesting video. You can tell she did plenty of research. Presentation was also so smooth and understandable. Great job overall, glad I came across your video
Hi, I live in Israel, and often hear Amharic. It doesn't sound like any language I know the sounds of.
I'd like to say a bit about the Ethiopians. So many are very special people: police, sensitive--many bright and talented. It has be terrifically difficult for the to adjust to the Western culture. For example, in Ethiopia, a forty year old man would be considered retirement age, with his children proudly taking over the (farm) responsibilities and supporting the parents. Here, his life is stressful and complicated.
As a teacher, I was very touched by the Ethiopian youth. I wished some of their good qualities had rubbed off on the often rude Israelis! Still, many have adjusted and do well, generally easier for the younger than their parents and grandparents.
U r kind hearted and pretty much enlightened about us, Ethiopians.Thank you and do visit us someday.
thanks for your understanding I am Ethiopian! Ur words touched my heart. are you Israelies or a jew?
@@fassiladane6973 Hi! I'm both Jewish and Israeli. I grew up in the USA, and wanted to lived my life in a worthwhile way--helping build my people's (then new) country. That was more than 50 years ago...
Now, I enjoy my Israeli grandchildren.
Yes, I am Ethiopian American, my parents are professionals migrated to US. I think Israel may not have the structure to nurture and help immigrants to adapt easily. If I may say so, I was appalled by the attitude of being Very judgmental and rude culturally. On the other hand In US we have a supportive, nurturing system to immigrates. ( I know people think Americans are aloud…..but not rude and disrespectful ) As they are many immigrants and came from various countries US has a well organized structure and provides nurturing involvement. It might be US is a much wealthier country compared to Israel. In general We have more opportunities not only to survive further to thrive to the majority of immigrants. The other thing is that US is unique in appreciating and valuing immigrants skills because of this the thriving follows.
@@elkiness thanks for answering my question. do you read the Jews bible? if you do so which person story do you like the most. Ethiopian religious Historians say king David has ethiopian heritage from his mother's side. what do you think about that or have you ever heard about it?
Amharic is the second most widly spoken Semitic language after Arabic. Tnxs for introducing our language to the world julingo.
"The amharic doesnt sounds like anothers languages" One reason why i visited that country 2 years ago. Just... amazing!
It sounds like Aramaic
@@oxqa but Geez' sounds more like Aramaic its a language used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church
@@oxqa because it derives from Aramaic...so does Hebrew and Arabic
It’s alien to the region other languages are almost the same and Amharic has obsolutely no relation to the languages of the region for example they occupy my region with the help of white supremacy and whenever they speak I feel like I’m in the presence of aliens and I forget anything else that might be happening around me and to make it even worse they don’t use the same sounds as the rest of humanity. Even if you listen closely it’s impossible to hear or repeat what you heard. It’s like freaking birds or even cows, goats, sheep or wild beasts talking. Their words are made up of different sounds! I can say they are the African version of Chinese!
@@sareeyemanusqaame8723 I chose that ccountry because (as an European) i know there isnt none influences from Europe during last centuries, so, an unknow sound, no marks, totally lost to listen people speaking Amharic but here, all the beauty of this nation.
I am proud of Ethiopia ❤
We're really different to others people the culture, history ..........etc
@@look3271 ይሁን
@@look3271 are you ok
I love your videos so much. You give the perfect amount of introduction to each language you cover, history, grammar, culture, it all works so well together and your attitude conveys the purity of your curiosity so well. Thank you for your videos and I hope you continue making them
ውድ መምህር JULinjo
አማረኛ በጣም ከሚችል ኢትዮጵያዊ ሰው በበለጠ ሁኔታ
ነው ያስተማርሽን እናመሰግናለን፡፡
Thanks for this post. I lived in Ethiopia for 2 years, long ago, so this was a good reminder of this unique language. I learned enough of it to be polite, but I wish now I’d tried harder while I was there. I can identify the language when I hear it spoken (which isn’t often) and it always brings back many good memories.
Amharic is also the federal language, Southern Nations region language, and Harari region government language. That is why I say over 80 million people speak Amharic.
Liar
@@mahmoudelfannan81 An honest person argue with facts, but Ignorant & illiterate vomits insults and curses, so he is rotten from the inside out.
She was counting people who speak Amharic as a first language, not speakers as a whole. Even if 80 mill can speak it, most have learned it as a second language. Likewise, English L1 and L2 speakers differ massively. Less than 400mill speak English primarily while nearly a billion can speak it as a second language.
@@ethiocsc8289 leave the Tigray alone
@@mahmoudelfannan81 Abiy has already left the whole Tigray. What else you need? You are stooge of the mafia fang-ster spitting venom all over Ethiopia, Eritrea, Afar, Benishangul, and so on. TPLF has been sucking Ethiopian blood like a leech.
I am Amharic speaker and I am amazed by how well explained it. Your pronunciation is also on point!! You are truly ድንቅ ነሽ!
When I first met Ethiopians, I immediately noticed that their Arabic was smoother than other non-Arabs, they even pronounce the hardest letters in Arabic. I know there is a relation between the two languages and the two people, but I don't know it yet.
Please understand that there similarities between Amharic and Arabic language, Amharic is spoken and developed in Africa by blacks who are native to Ethiopia. And Ethiopians are 100 percent black or kush
@@ተዋበችወርቁ H.I.M. has said that 'black' & 'white' be abandoned as a means of describing humanity.
"Im not black."- Haile Selassie I
Again this is false propaganda about the king he had never said that , for the king saw all Africans as one that is BLACK Nation
@@Rand_al_Thor372 BS.
@@ተዋበችወርቁ "...for we are of the opinion that the terms "black" & "white" be abandoned as a means of describing human beings. Human beings are precisely the same regardless of national origin, race or creed." H. I. M. Haile Selassie I on Meet the Press an American talk show
Correction:- Amharic language speaking population is estimated about 80 million in Ethiopia. Almost all Ethiopian tribes speaks Amharic
Second language sepakers¿
@@josephk7255 not all. The number she mentioned is only people residing in one area where the Amhara community is populated. But in most areas of the country there are millions of people speaking Amharic as first language. In addition millions are also speak Amharic as second language
@A T I am sorry, but It seems like you don't understand the concept of first and second language ...
@@tossatube6559 She mentioned only the population that speaks Amharic as their first language. I am sure, that number is bigger than what she gave, but definitely not around 80mil. Maybe in between 40 to 50. Others are just taught as they grew up. And the total number of speakers may comprise up to 80million as you said.
No, It isn't. Infact Amharics are minority in Ethiopia
ሀገራችን ስላስተዋወቅሽልን በጣም እናመሰግናለን::
እናቴ ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር ❤️🇪🇹🙏
እኔ ግን እያማቺ ዪሁን አያመሰግነቺ የለሁበትም ሰለ ኢትዮጵያ መሁኑን ብቻ
@@صوفياعلوي-ث6خ እኔም
@@صوفياعلوي-ث6خ እንዛመድ ውደ አየካፋም 🌹
@@ሸሀድወሎየዋ ko😍
@@ሸሀድወሎየዋ hi ok👍
As native Amharic speaker and language lover… I always wished to know how it sounds to others. Which I will never know. I find it to be the most romantic; poetic, elegant and funny language ever. I do speak French, English and Tigrigna fluently. Some Spanish and Italian. So I get to compare it.
u rly type wat i felt ...i wish i had to know how its sound for other, thanks and wanna know u more
And the fact we can simply attach vowels to the consonant, makes the word short and easy to write.
our language is unique ma princesse it doesn't look like ant other language thats why i am soo proud to Ethiopia plus we never colonised thanks God.
as an Ethiopian and native speaker of Both Amharic and Oromo language, i'm ashamed that i didn't know quarter of what you just said. it was impressive how you pronounce the words without having a problem.
WOW, I am amazed by your knowledge of the Amharic language, especially your ጨ pronunciation. በጣም ጉበዝ ነሽ.
ከቤቱ killed me😂🤣😂
It is not just you knows it, you know it from context of the conversation
Amharic language is beautiful language❤🇪🇹
Their numbering system reminds me of how the Chinese deal with large numbers.
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As a native Amharic speaker, Thank you for this video. And Geez nowadays it is being learned in a large community in Germany, USA and other countries as a college degree level. Amharic on the other hand is such a beautiful language but a little bit hard. So for anyone trying to learn Amharic just try your best. Good Luck!!!
How amazing, We have unique and rich culture. It's a blessing😍😍 thank you for🙏🙏
Am proud of her🥰
You are fantastic learner, reading exactly as the native including"ጨ'. I am sure you can read also "ቀ፡ቛ፡ጠ፡ፀ፡" etc...
እናመሰግናለን ቆንጂት::i'm ethiopian we belive the fact that ge'ez is the first language not only in ethiopia but also in the world.
ኧረ ምትገርሚ ነሽ እኔ ራሱ እንዳንቺ አላውቅም ስላደኩበት ቋንቋ 👌👏❤
ነጮቹ ከኛ የተሻለ እውቀት አላቸው ስለኛ። ግን ያለምክንያት አያውቁም።
she is totally wrong
@@mesidesign12 ነይ ውደ እንዛመድ ደምሪኝ
*I just appreciation you to speak lovely Amharic language to described our Ethiopian country.*
Man! That’s nuts! Thank you for your hard work and beautiful representation of our language! There are a few mistakes on the translations 😅. But overall, that was awesome! 👏🏾
Thank you so much ☺️
@@JuLingo Ge'ez is a variant of the ethiopic script influenced by sabean. Semitic is indigenous to the horn.
@@JuLingo stop using wikipedia as a source, you did a terrible job.
@@Zeyede_Seyum At least they tired their best.
እግዚያብሄር ይመስገን ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ አማርኛ ቋንቋ እና አማራን ለማጥፋት ሲጣጣሩ በመላው አለምላይ አማርኛ ቋንቋ ከግሊዘኛ እኩል ሊሰለፍ ነው ተመስገን💚💛❤🌹
Thanks dear I learned so many things .Am proud of you💚💛❤️
ምን አልሽ 👍
Your voice is like smooth honey.
Thank you sis. you have explained more. እናመሰግንሻለን/enamesegeneshalen/
It sounds like Hebrew ,Greek and Arabic
It's beautiful!
Can't hear Greek at all!
It's a Semitic language , second to Arabic by number of speakers
I am Ethiopian & speak Amharic. So thank you!!!!!!!
I can hear that it's related to hebrew and arabic, but sounds quite different. Interesting language.
Geez and tigrigna(more ancient ethiosemitics) sounds more arabic ..
amharic(derived from geez) not so much
Which Hebrew do mean? The dead Biblical Hebrew might have some similar vocabulary but not the new European settlers mish- mash so called Hebrew which has not at all a Semitic phonology. Biblical Hebrew has borrowed from Ethiopic Ge'ez the seven vowel in the 9th century and Arabic too in 8th century AD after the rise of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula.
Amharic is the official working language. It is spoken all over Ethiopia.
Hhhhhh
Wow, I can see you really did a fine research into the Amarigna language. Well, done!!
Amharic is the most spoken language in Ethiopian and the largest ethnic group is the Amhara people.
እህቴ ግሩም አቀራረብ ነው። አማርኛ እጅግ በጣም የሚወደድ ብቻ ሳይሆን በስነ -ጽሑፋዊ ይዘተም የላቀ እጹብ ድንቅ ቋንቋ ነው።
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Good job thank you.
Afro-semitic languages Came from Africa From North East of Africa to Arabia peninsula and from there up to the north, West Asia Which is as you mention a couple of them Arabic, Hebrews, Aramic, Assyrian .... etc
People call it semitic languages for short.
Once again thank you great job have a good one.
Thank you!!
@Real Sid206
Hi,
I'm not sure you asking me (Behzad Parsa) or miss Julie if you're asking me I have to admit I don't understand what you mean by geez are you talking about Jesus I'm just guessing I am not sure let me know please.
@Real Sid206
It is hard to say because when people start moving different direction and getting separate from each other as a group start developing different dialog, different accent and true time long time generations thousands years they becomes different languages and some of them might be developed in the same time in different places my guess would be those ancient Afro-semitic languages they are not in use anymore as they call it dead languages which is like a ancient Egyptian, akkadian, old Aramic, old Babylon....est.
I hope this help.
Mysterious, thrilling, and cold distanced. And the language too. Very interesting video.
To me spoken Amharic is very much its own language, but with Semitic phonology. If I didn’t already know and you told me it was related to Arabic I wouldn't be surprised.
Amasiganalo! :)
Thank you dear Laura Halliday
Thanks Laura Halliday
I am proud of you
Respect
The video regurgitates some old colonial whitewashing of the history. There is no evidence that supports ge'ez came outside of its territories
I am one of ethiopian person and ethiopia is the most largest,oldest country in the world. I love ethiopia i respet you. Thank you very much 😍
Thank you
Correction ~ Geez is the language of Aden and eve. God bless Ethiopia. Amen
nah it is not definetly
በጣም እናመሠግናን
በርግጥ ፯% የሚሆነው ኢትዮጵያዊ አማርኛ ይናገራል
The native speaker section was very interesting! When the first man spoke, it sounded a little like Arabic with African language influences, and the "ooh"s sounding like Farsi. Then the second woman spoke and it sounded a lot more like Hindi at the start and then even a bit Nordic towards the end - agree it's a very unique-sounding language!
The First Man is news anchor while the the second Woman is a singer and she speak Amharic like English Pronunciation.
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No plausible evidence of Brahmi or Greek on ge'ez
@@BF-bb5us Not only is geez influenced by Greek and Indians our cultures, our churches, our people in general are influenced by Greek and Indians
It's an old language but it's still learns
@@Gebri3l Where is the Greek influence on Ge'ez? and the introduction of vowels is said to be a innovation of the Eritrean and Ethiopian people. We had this trading nation and we were the only ones influenced by this trade. Eritreans and Ethiopians have internalised a lot of western bias and can't see through it. Where is the Indian influence that you speak of.
Not only 32 million people speak Amharic. Probably 65% people in Ethiopian speak Amharic
Exactly
Yas
Stop Iying, even this 32 million is very doubtful. Amharic speakers don't even count 20 million as some of the Amharas themselves don't even speak Amharic perfectly,
Very truly
Ethiopia🇪🇹🇪🇹 ! Thanks for this nice video!
Thanks my sister 💚💛❤Im from Ethiopia 🇪🇹
በጣም ጥሩ ቪዲዮ ነው
as an Ethiopian, I must say your analysis was spot on!! You took time out to learn and explain Amharic, well, .. gobez nesh! Demo aynochish yamralu. oh, and where can I get that map of Ethiopia at 4:22 ? really..thx for posting this.
እኔ ኢትዮጵያዌ ነኝ አመሰግናለሁ ቆንጆ 🙏
This is a great work you did.
The Amharic "alla" & the Berber "illa" mean the same: "there is".
Thanks again Julie for another fascinating glimpse of a fascinating language. Amharic is truly a beautiful language with a mysterious script. Do you dare to explore the island of New Guinea? Tok Pisin maybe? Tenkyu. Gutbai. Lukim yu bihain
When it comes to writing in any language you use the phonetic or syllabic system. The phonetic system is like in English. It uses consonants and vowels. Vowels are a e i o u and y. The rest are consonants. In this system the letters are few because you use vowels and consonants to create as much sound as you wish. In syllabic language a letter is allocated to every sound. This makes the letters numerous. in the case of Amharic more than 200. But it has its own advantage. in syllabic languages once you memorized the letters you don't have to worry about spelling error. You don't have study spelling. A six grade student is as precise as professor when it comes to spelling. That is not the case in English. Spelling error is a problem in languages using the phonetic system. Redundancy in syllabic.
Lol that's true, you don't have spelling errors in Amheric writing. Also, hard language if not born in to..
Wow, what an extremely interesting and complex language (especially those numbers and conjugations!!!)! Ethiopia sounds fascinating! It would be neat if you did one on Irish/Irish Gaelic...I wonder how it compares to the Welsh (since they're both in the Celtic language family)
በጣም ደስ የሚል ማብራሪያ ነው ፣ እናመሰግናለን !
I love your detail historical presentation of Amharic language. Unfortunately small minded and ethno phobic politicians of other ethnic groups are trying to eradicate this language from the country. Amharic language has been a target of this haters who control the government power in the last 30 years. They have removed the Amharic language classes from schools and limit its use in the government institutions.
Because of that the number of people who can speak and write Amharic language have declined significantly in the last 30 years. I believe all Ethiopians should cherish and develop the language that is so unique in the world.
Brilliant! Always love your videos. Ethiopia is a fascinating place with a fascinating language and history. I wish you were a neighbor, so I could take you to an Ethiopian restaurant! ;-) Amazing cuisine! Like their script, it's like nothing else.
There are things should be corrected here. Among many, Amharic is spoken almost by all Ethiopians. Since it is a national language, all people use it.
Hhhhhh oromo frist
bro you should accept the truth afaan oromo is the wide spoken language in ethiopian. when will you all keep your hatred against oromo?
@@waanofiitube2008 did I say any thing about oromo here. Some mind of Phobia is killing you. To see the light, speak the truth. Language is gift. Oromo did not make it neither Amhara. Listen your heart. Don't be a slave of emotion that always misleads you. I don't hate any one in this world, but don't expect I give 👍 to criminals or misinformations.
@@SamSam-sc4rg then what does it mean by amharic has spoken around all the country? do you have enough information that around 85% of total population of the people lives in in the country side? and do you have any idea that amharic language has been spoken only around the urban area? guess what percent can speak the language. she said 33% percent can speak the language and interestingly she speaks the truth. you have to accept it. we know your intention that you all want to threaten oromic which is wide spoken that is why you said amharic language is been spoken by all the nation which is far from fact
@@waanofiitube2008 what she said is a prove for you right?
Why don't you just tell me that the truth you know on the ground. Why we rely on someone from abroad to tell as about ourselves. Why the question of language came at this time? Who is behind this person. They know that Africans better die than listening to each other, work together, grow together and live together.
We spend billions of dollars every year to ammunitions to kill each other that never made us a better africans.
Why developed countries work together, cooprate economically, militarily and socially? Because they know that is a good way to grow.
I hope to see a video about the Irish language (Gaeilge) some day, a lesser known but very unique European language
An teangaidh is áille! :-)
Thank you for the amazing video trying to introduce Amharic language to the world and you are successful!!
One thing you might have missed through your presentation is that In Amharic grammar there is also ‘polite form ‘ which English and some other language might not have. For example: አንተ ( you singular ) - እናንተ ( you plural) vs እርስዎ ( you singular polite) - እናንተ ( you plural polite). French and Russian Languages might have such conjugations
My second comment: I am not sure if there is proven evidence that the Geez language is derived from Arabic language though it is semantic language. We believe that the Geez is primary after Hebrew language. We may need to make more search on that.
Thank you very much !!
As an Ethiopian I really admired what you presented and the way you presented it. I knew Paul from Canada (Langfocus) who is a linguiste who presented the same topic. Thank you for elaborating on the history of the language too. Keep it up.
Excellent video overview of Amharic. Very interesting ,informative and worthwhile video.
The amharic language is speak in all of the country Ethiopia .because it is national language.in this case not only 32 million people speak amharic language.
Geez's alphabet and writing is the first indigenous one for humans. All the rest of alphabet and writing of the world are derived from Geez.
No It's not ! Infact there many others which predate this. Also Ge'ez is not an alphabet. It's syllabic script.
@@teddyissak2720 your hate run deep
@@teddyissak2720 Ge'ez is an alphabet and who is defining what is considered an alphabet and not?! There's clearly a reason for doing so. What other languages predate
@@BF-bb5us It's not an alphabet, It's syllabary script (which is more complex and ancient type of writing system). Alphabet is much more simplistic and a recent form.
@@BF-bb5us According local ge'ez scholars, before the ge'ez syllable there was a geometric and artisitc form of writing system. Some of them are still preserved in under taIismanic scared texts. Go Iook it up.
Dear Julingo Amharic is spoken more than 32M. It is still dominates language in all bigger towns in Ethiopia even in Oromia, SNNPR and other regions. Even in Addis Ababa almost all more than 7M people speak Amharic. Amharic was the regional official language for SNNPR which represent more than 26M. It is also an official language for Benishangul and Gambelia regions. When you consider these who are not counted the total people spiking Amharic will be more than 75M.
It makes me feel happy to see the video for my mother tongue language, Amharic (አማርኛ) is getting significantly higher number of views within short period of time (compaired to other language videos). Thanks Juli, you are awesome! And of course I am a subscriber.
As a Native Hebrew speaker I spent round 5 months in Ethiopia and my impression is that Amharic is directly influenced by Hebrew (and other Semitic languages) and that is also reflected in Ethiopia's history. I find it easier to understands words in Amharic than in Arabic.
my guy understand that it doesen't have to be white to black as your ppl always think should be, Ethiopian language amharic came from Ge'ez and Ge'ez is much older than Hebrew and any other languages in the world.
Ge'ez is older than Arabic and Hebrew.
LMAO no ge'ez like arabic,hebrew, aramiac,assyrian is a western-semetic language however Ge'ez is more similar to arabic than hebrew b/c it's historal provenance with safiatic-arabic.
@keshi5541 Ge'ez is not older than hebrew and safiatic arabic. The oldest semetic language is akkadian language that was spoken by people in present-day northern and central iraq.
Ge'ez is a Southern Semitic language, at least according to Wikipedia @@Razi290
This language structure is as same as Tamil(Thamiz) language, the oldest living language of India. And this sounds more like Sinhalese language. Thank you for this historic informative video 🙏
Yes, thank you. U came close to my research about one of the Asian language Sanskrit which seems related to Amharic please see my video Is Sanskrit a Semitic language? U will be surprised
Very interesting analysis! Amharic has ben used forthousadsofyears by most Ethipians for business or day to day communiction. In country with more than 80 other languages spoken, Amharic has been used with all as communicatin means. It is one of the reasons that kept the country together and independent.
እናመሰግ ናለን ።Thanks for all .Proudly am Ethiopian and my mother toung e language is Amharic.
Amharic has 57 million speakers.
If you count the people whose second language is Amharic, then it will probably be more than 57 million. But, 32 million is a fair number for those whose mother tongue is Amharic.
Thank you. አመሰግናለሁ! You are wonderful because you are “truth, fact” seeker. 💕💕
However, according to ancient Ethiopian literature: it is written that ancient Ethiopian Empire lasted for thousands of years-This ancient empire included/ influenced not only all of Africa, ( for You can find extensions of Axum in West and South Africa) but also across the ocean to East India, as far as China as well as huge part of Middle East. Ethiopia is the mother of Egypt’s civilization. There was huge civilization even pre- Axum. Some ancient writings have been translated from Gieze to Amharic then to Greek then to English, French, German etc.......and a lot more still waiting to be translated and interpreted for the world at large. Keep seeking and you will find the truth the light 🙏🙏🙏
በጣም አመስግናለዉ etyopiya ቋንቋችን ብቻ አይደለም ብዙ ተነግሮ የማየልቅ ድንቅ ባህልና እምነት ያላት ፈጣሪዋን የምታስቀድም ሀገር ናት
Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and has been spoken since around 1000 BC. It is spoken by over 100 million people, not only in Ethiopia but also in neighboring countries. Amharic is taught as a course in universities in China, the USA, Germany, Russia, and England. Recently, Russia began teaching Amharic in high schools and elementary schools. In Washington DC, Amharic has legal coverage and can be used as a second language.
Thank you for showing interest in our beautiful language. God Bless You (እግዚኣብሔር ይባርክሽ)
I remember a Saudi guy on RUclips spoke about how the Ge'ez language has is close to Arabic. like in Arabic there is the letter 'ض' which is only exist only in Arabic ,Ge'ez and Ugaritic languages. and how the grammar is close to each others
can you send me the link
The way they separate a number in blocks of 4 digits instead of 3 digits is like Chinese.
Every time I see the Ge'ez script I can't get over how similar to Glagolitic it looks to me!
I really admire your effort to know about My country Ethiopia.
Ethiopia was the first country in the world to accept and declare Islam as its official religion in 615 AD. And it remained from 615- 1270.
BTW, the territory of Ethiopia used to be three times more bigger than what is now. It’s the size of Abyssinia that became bigger than what it used to be before the 19th century.
Thanks!