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!
Amharic is the main language of Ethiopian communication Thank you so much, my sister! አማርኛ የኢትዮጵያ መግባቢያ ትልቁ ቋንቋ ነው አሪፍ አቀራረብ ከአሪፍ ማብራሪያ ጋር ስላቀረብሽልን ከልብ እናመሰግናለን እህታችን::
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’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! 👌🏾
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.
Yes she did except this distorted notion that we Northern Ethiopians 🇪🇹 come from Arabia!!! That pisses me of so much because it's absolutely 💯 incorrect!!! Actually, it's the other way around, we are the origin of the human race!! We are the first people that God Almighty created!!!
@@fantastic1231 Did you even watch the Video ? Why are you spamming this comment every where ? No where in a single sentence did she ever stated about Arabs or Arabia. And you aren't from Ethiopia. Why are you obsessed so much ?
@@teddyissak2720 You must not understand English very well to say so! Go back and watch the video 📹 dude! She said semitic people migrated south, crossed the red sea and intermarried with the natives in Ethiopia somewhere in the video!! Im as Ethiopian specifically Northern Ethiopian as injera is!!
What do you mean brother? do not say any thig something which you do not exactly. Her analyses not on facts and that eroded the historical back ground Amharic and Geez language. She faced her self by little knowledge for you tube money and that is disgusting.
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.
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.
@@etparadise7277 it’s not about cry or not, it’s true „ge‘ez“ is the mother language and it’s next to Tigriñia spoken in north Ethiopia (Tigray) and Eritrea or why do you think they have more scripts and pronunciations than amharic, for example like the letter „H“ btw. The northern part of Ethiopia and currently Eritrea was historically the Axum Kingdom, if have a better information explain us
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 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;(
a little history for you here in case you were not aware... in 1938 Italy had occupied some parts of Ethiopia and received recognition from most countries who were too busy fighting Germany. Only seven countries refused to accept this Italian occupation, and Mexico was the only country to strongly condemn. For that support and since then in Addis Ababa, the capital city, there is a roundabout named "Mexico Square". To reciprocate, in Mexico City there is a Metro Etiopia. When I went to university in Texas many years ago, my friends and I visited Mexico often. mostly Ciudad Juarez., and twice to Mexico City, and spent a week in La Pesca. one day, I will return there!!! Monica... please plan to visit Ethiopia once this covid thing is over. bring friends.
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
Julie, with this I intended to let you know you have made an excellent ably simplified, but accurate presentation of the essence of the Amharic language. This is not simple nor an easy undertaking! As an Ethiopian with no hesitations whatsoever, I say many thanks to you for this good job!
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is unique from other world by its languages by its alphabet by its numerical system by its colander and so more! Thank you girl for sharing an amazing history 😘
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
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
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.
I've been hanging out with some Somalians and Ethiopians for about 4 months now. They are very proud people that love sharing their culture and history with me. As an American who has lived in Italy, I was able to pick up some Italian and Spanish through my life. Amharic is something I've never heard before. I really enjoy hearing them talk to each other as the language just runs so smoothly together. They teach me some words here and there, but my ear is untrained in the subtle sounds and nuance. Learning about the great people of the Horn of Africa, and meeting their decedents has been the highlight of the year for me. Great video!
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!!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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 :)
@@mulugetemoch8079 chronologically speaking there were semitic languages that developed earlier than Ge'ez or Amharic. What are you on about? If you have more knowledge on the subject just make a youtube video yourself and share it with us.
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?
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.
@@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.
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! 👏🏾
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.
The only mistake of this video is framing Amharic language speakers are 32 million, but the number of Amharic speakers are more than 90 million in Ethiopia,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 !!
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)
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
I like your detailed evaluation on Amharic language, Thank you so much. You are the most welcome to Ethiopia to see the cultures of the people in detail.
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
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 the main language of Ethiopian communication
Thank you so much, my sister!
አማርኛ የኢትዮጵያ መግባቢያ ትልቁ ቋንቋ ነው
አሪፍ አቀራረብ ከአሪፍ ማብራሪያ ጋር ስላቀረብሽልን ከልብ እናመሰግናለን እህታችን::
እንዛመድ ወድም ደምረኝ ❤️
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
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
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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! 👌🏾
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 😂
I'm a native Amharic speaker I would say you made an excellent explanation, thank you for the 🔥work.
Yes she did except this distorted notion that we Northern Ethiopians 🇪🇹 come from Arabia!!! That pisses me of so much because it's absolutely 💯 incorrect!!! Actually, it's the other way around, we are the origin of the human race!! We are the first people that God Almighty created!!!
@@fantastic1231 Did you even watch the Video ? Why are you spamming this comment every where ? No where in a single sentence did she ever stated about Arabs or Arabia. And you aren't from Ethiopia. Why are you obsessed so much ?
@@teddyissak2720
You must not understand English very well to say so! Go back and watch the video 📹 dude! She said semitic people migrated south, crossed the red sea and intermarried with the natives in Ethiopia somewhere in the video!! Im as Ethiopian specifically Northern Ethiopian as injera is!!
What do you mean brother? do not say any thig something which you do not exactly. Her analyses not on facts and that eroded the historical back ground Amharic and Geez language. She faced her self by little knowledge for you tube money and that is disgusting.
@@radnus.s9475 Amhara
ድንቅ ስጦታየ ሀገሬ ናት ኢትዮይጵ ሰላምሽ ይብዛ ጥላትሸ ይጥፍ💚💛❤💋💋
አሜንንን🇪🇹💚💛❤
አሚን 💚💛💞
አሚን
አሚን ነብስ
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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.
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.
ድንቅ ስጦታዬ እምዬ ኢትዮጵያ ስላምሽ ይብዛ ጠላትሽ ይውደም::🟩🟨🟥🟩🟨🟥🌺 የኔ ውድ እና አመስግናለን ማማማዬ ይህን የምታነቡ በሙሉ እመብርሃን ትጠብቃችሁ ስላማችሁ ይብዛ በክርስቶስ🙏🏻⛪️🙏🏻
@RESPECT 4 💚💚💛💛❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰
Hi, I'm a native speaker of Tigrigna, which is the sister language to Amharic. And I really appreciate you. You've a knack for studying languages.
Not the sister language.
Its the mother language.
Geez, Tigrinya then after all amharic.
@@yodademetros41 cry abt it
true ethiopian tigriyan
@@etparadise7277
Why should I cry?
ኣፍካ ኣፍ ኣምሓራ ይጥዕም 🤣🤣🤣🤣
ኣፍ ዕረ
@@etparadise7277 it’s not about cry or not, it’s true „ge‘ez“ is the mother language and it’s next to Tigriñia spoken in north Ethiopia (Tigray) and Eritrea or why do you think they have more scripts and pronunciations than amharic, for example like the letter „H“
btw. The northern part of Ethiopia and currently Eritrea was historically the Axum Kingdom, if have a better information explain us
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😂
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 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.
ድቃላ የምናባህ አንድ ባህል ነው መላጣና ባዶ እግር የለም ትግራይ እዛው ተግማማ አህያ
Grammar: the heavy subject of every language, lmao.
This language sounds so cool to me! Written and spoken!
Greetings from Mexico, everybody! 👋
I will teach you Amharic
a little history for you here in case you were not aware... in 1938 Italy had occupied some parts of Ethiopia and received recognition from most countries who were too busy fighting Germany. Only seven countries refused to accept this Italian occupation, and Mexico was the only country to strongly condemn. For that support and since then in Addis Ababa, the capital city, there is a roundabout named "Mexico Square". To reciprocate, in Mexico City there is a Metro Etiopia.
When I went to university in Texas many years ago, my friends and I visited Mexico often. mostly Ciudad Juarez., and twice to Mexico City, and spent a week in La Pesca. one day, I will return there!!! Monica... please plan to visit Ethiopia once this covid thing is over. bring friends.
@@benelkinne9808
You are right...even there is a a city called mexico in Ethiopia!..you describe it very well.
Greetings to you tooo
ttxs to U From #Ethiopia
Your knowledge is just amazing
Indeed!
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
Love Ethiopia!!
Julie, with this I intended to let you know you have made an excellent ably simplified, but accurate presentation of the essence of the Amharic language. This is not simple nor an easy undertaking! As an Ethiopian with no hesitations whatsoever, I say many thanks to you for this good job!
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is unique from other world by its languages by its alphabet by its numerical system by its colander and so more! Thank you girl for sharing an amazing history 😘
But ethopia will be Failed inshalaah No power no Unity No More !
We believe by Almighty God.and we nows, we never failed. trust that world now the Truth and we grown 👆.so
And our all enemies are failed 3🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹😁😋
@@macalinyaasiin9188 Inshalaah for failing? what a spiritual person.
@@macalinyaasiin9188 👎🙅
Youre back! & with such a cool language too indeed!
*You're
Such a silly mistake to comment at linguistic channel. ;)
@@kamilbiedron6125 hehe, sry. At least I can excuse myself with english not being my first language.
@@-arche-7926 No worry, today I had to correct a primary school-level mistake in my native language I made in an article, so yeah. Cheers, mate!
@@kamilbiedron6125 cheers! 🍻
I'm learning Amharic right now! Such a coincidence you've uploaded this
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
I am Amharic speaker and I am amazed by how well explained it. Your pronunciation is also on point!! You are truly ድንቅ ነሽ!
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.
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.
Long lives to Ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹
አመስግነናል ምርጧ 😜
Thank you bro💪
Yea long live to the best!!!
@@lalisayab2684 🤗🤗
Amharic is the second most widly spoken Semitic language after Arabic. Tnxs for introducing our language to the world julingo.
I've been hanging out with some Somalians and Ethiopians for about 4 months now. They are very proud people that love sharing their culture and history with me. As an American who has lived in Italy, I was able to pick up some Italian and Spanish through my life. Amharic is something I've never heard before. I really enjoy hearing them talk to each other as the language just runs so smoothly together. They teach me some words here and there, but my ear is untrained in the subtle sounds and nuance. Learning about the great people of the Horn of Africa, and meeting their decedents has been the highlight of the year for me. Great video!
I am proud of Ethiopia ❤
We're really different to others people the culture, history ..........etc
@@look3271 ይሁን
@@look3271 are you ok
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!!!
"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.
ውድ መምህር JULinjo
አማረኛ በጣም ከሚችል ኢትዮጵያዊ ሰው በበለጠ ሁኔታ
ነው ያስተማርሽን እናመሰግናለን፡፡
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.
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.
*I just appreciation you to speak lovely Amharic language to described our Ethiopian country.*
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
I admired your way of expression the story...
I want to say thank you the great effort you made.
WOW, I am amazed by your knowledge of the Amharic language, especially your ጨ pronunciation. በጣም ጉበዝ ነሽ.
ከቤቱ killed me😂🤣😂
Thank you sis. you have explained more. እናመሰግንሻለን/enamesegeneshalen/
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.
የኢትጵያን ታሪክ ቆንጆ አርገሽ ስላስተዋወቅሽ እናመሰግናለን ሰላምሽን ያብዛው
This was very well researched and executed! Thank you for sharing our history.
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.
Thank you Julie for this awesome and well put video. I am a native speaker and I even learned somethings about Amharic that I was not aware of.
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👍
Dear Teacher JULinjo
He is more of an American than a very talented Ethiopian.
Thank you for what he taught you.
Thank you for the wonderful presentation!! እናመሰግናለን! Love from Ethiopia 🇪🇹
How amazing, We have unique and rich culture. It's a blessing😍😍 thank you for🙏🙏
Am proud of her🥰
የኢትዮጵያን ታሪክ ባጭሩ ስለ አሣ አውቀሽ በኢትዮጵያውያን ስም አመሰግንሻለሁ
እውነት ነው 🇪🇹💚💛❤
ትክክለኛ ታሪክ አይደለም መርዝ አለበት አንደዚህ አያረጉ ነው ታሪኩ የሚያጠፉት:: ግህዝ /Amharic አንደ መጤ አድርጋ ነው ያወራቸው :: ታሪካችንን ሰለማናቅ ሁሉም መቶ ብዙ ያወራል አባካቸሁ ሁሉ ነጭ ያለውን አንቀበል አነሱ መርዝ ናቸው ::
@@mulugetemoch8079 you're smart Bro! You've a point, but it could also be because she didn't had enough information.
@@habeshatv5360 she is wrong totally
@@mulugetemoch8079 chronologically speaking there were semitic languages that developed earlier than Ge'ez or Amharic. What are you on about? If you have more knowledge on the subject just make a youtube video yourself and share it with us.
Yeeeey! New JuLingo! :D
Yeah, both Ge'ez and Amharic are fascinating, as is traditional Ethiopian art. Wish to visit it someday.
Greetz from Poland!
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?
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.
Thanks for your benevolence effort to acquaint us with the history of languages. We enjoy a lot.
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
Wow, I can see you really did a fine research into the Amarigna language. Well, done!!
እህቴ ግሩም አቀራረብ ነው። አማርኛ እጅግ በጣም የሚወደድ ብቻ ሳይሆን በስነ -ጽሑፋዊ ይዘተም የላቀ እጹብ ድንቅ ቋንቋ ነው።
❤❤❤
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.
Their numbering system reminds me of how the Chinese deal with large numbers.
x2
Mysterious, thrilling, and cold distanced. And the language too. Very interesting video.
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.
እናመሰግናለን። Thank you for the good work .
Thank you for profiling African languages and showing their richness, diversity and complexity!
በጣም ጥሩ ቪዲዮ ነው
Wow, it is interesting the numbers and letters have the power of pure ARTs!
Excellent presentation of my motherland! THANK YOU 🙏🏽🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹❤
The only mistake of this video is framing Amharic language speakers are 32 million, but the number of Amharic speakers are more than 90 million in Ethiopia,
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.
Thanks so much for a clear and interesting presentation, am a native Amharic speaker.
Excellent video overview of Amharic. Very interesting ,informative and worthwhile video.
Your voice is like smooth honey.
Thank you for showing interest in our beautiful language. God Bless You (እግዚኣብሔር ይባርክሽ)
በጣም አመስግናለዉ etyopiya ቋንቋችን ብቻ አይደለም ብዙ ተነግሮ የማየልቅ ድንቅ ባህልና እምነት ያላት ፈጣሪዋን የምታስቀድም ሀገር ናት
በጣም እናመሠግናን
በርግጥ ፯% የሚሆነው ኢትዮጵያዊ አማርኛ ይናገራል
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..
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.
This is a great work you did.
Your are doing a great job Julie, thanks keep up the goid work
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
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.
Thanks dear I learned so many things .Am proud of you💚💛❤️
ምን አልሽ 👍
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 !!
Thank you for this info.
You did amazing on this video.
I speak Amharic, and i never really realized how hard it is for a new learner.
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 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.
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.
Interesting insight, thanks for sharing, እናመሰግናለን
Superb work...very impressive.
I am a native speaker.
Your description of the grammar made me feel like a genius haha.
Ethiopia🇪🇹🇪🇹 ! Thanks for this nice video!
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.
Amharic is the official working language. It is spoken all over Ethiopia.
Hhhhhh
The sound of educated person is attractive and near to ear ! Thank you I have great respect for you!
A country like no other !!! indeed
Juily u r vary intelgent smart intellectual woman good knowledgeable! Well done! I happy yuo like my language thanks very mach!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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
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
Very good, interesting. Thanks you!!
I like your detailed evaluation on Amharic language, Thank you so much.
You are the most welcome to Ethiopia to see the cultures of the people in detail.
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