Language
Amharic
Amharic
Anaphoric markers
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independent Pronoun | Amharic | Details | |
| 2 | one-another | one-another | Amharic | Details |
| 3 | one-one | one-one | Amharic | Details |
| 4 | RAS-AGR | RAS-AGR | Amharic | Details |
| 5 | RAS-AGR-V-aff | RAS-AGR-V-aff | Amharic | Details |
| 6 | RAS-by-RAS | RAS-by-RAS | Amharic | Details |
| 7 | RS-by-RS | RAS-by-RAS for reciprocals | Amharic | Details |
| 8 | t- | t- reflexive marker for some verbs | Amharic | Details |
Predicate Types
No results.
Clause Types
No results.
C Types
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bɨl | bɨl | Amharic | Sections: Properties(4)
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Example Sentences
There are 439 example sentences.
Language Properties
Some syntactic properties of the language
Definite articles
| yes |
General information about the language
ISO code (ISO 639-3), aka Ethnologue code
| amh |
Language name
| Amharic |
Dialect/variety reported
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
| Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Transversal, Amharic-Argobba |
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
| Afro-Asiatic |
Language consultant information
Consultant name
| Derib Ado Jekale |
Gender of consultant
| male |
Level of education
| MA, Completed |
Learned language at age
| mother tongue |
Familiarity with the language
| native speaker |
Formal knowledge of the grammar
| specialized knowledge, e.g., as language teacher or linguist |