The ASJP Database - Wordlist Amharic 3

Wordlist Amharic 3

Compiled by Julia Bischoffberger

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: amha1245
ISO 639-3: amh

Coordinates WGS84

10°N, 38°E
10.00, 38.00

number of speakers	32,345,260
status	alive

Classification

WALS: AA > Semitic
Glottolog: Afro Asiatic > Semitic > Westsemitic > Ethiosemitic > Southethiopic > Transversalsouthethiopic > Amharic Argobba
Ethnologue: Afro Asiatic > Semitic > South > Ethiopian > South > Transversal > Amharic Argobba

Sources

Militarev 2000: Towards the chronology of Afrasian (Afroasiatic) and its daughter families. Time Depth in Historical Linguistics, vol.1 ed. by Colin Renfrew, April McMahon, and Larry Trask, 267-307. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.