Amharic is a Semitic language and the national language of Ethiopia. There are around 25 million speakers in many countries, particularly in Eritrea, Canada, USA and Sweden. In addition, 7-15 million people speak Amharic as a second language. This makes it the second most spoken Semitic language. Amharic is gendered as are many other languages, but the difference is that male and female nouns and pronouns can also be used to express certain emotions. For example, female pronouns can be used to represent things that are little, cute or delicate or to show sympathy for people. Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. As a result, the Amharic language has a long and rich...
The Albanian language belongs to the Indo-European family but has its own characteristics, similar to Greek or Armenian, meaning it does not have any direct similarities with other languages in the same family. There are two dialects in Albania called Gheg and Tosk. A large river called the Shkumbin River flows through the center of the country and divides the two dialects. Albanian is spoken by 7 million people mainly in the Republic of Kosovo, and also in parts of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece and Italy. Albanian borrows some words from Greek and many words from Latin. It was also influenced by Slavic and Germanic...
Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa and Namibia by about 10 million people as a first or second language. Several million speakers understand the language on a basic level. This unique language originated from Dutch settlers. It is influenced by Dutch, French, Malay and German, but since South Africa was invaded by England, it is mostly influenced by English. There are three main dialects in Afrikaans: Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern...
