WHO SPEAKS AMHARIC IN THE WORLD

Amharic is the second most commonly spoken language Semitic language in the world after Arabic.  Amharic is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken as a first language of the Amharas, The language serves as the working language of Ethiopia.  There are almost 32 million people with Amharic as their mother tongue and another 25 million who are second language speakers. Amharic is the second most commonly spoken mother tongue of Ethiopia after Oromo, but the most widely spoken in terms of total speakers.

UNICEF DATA FROM COUNTRIES ON ISSUES RELATED TO EARLY INTERVENTION:

Data from countries throughout the world is provided on individual countries and regions of the world on the topics of: Child Health, Child Protection, Child Survival, Early Childhood Development, Education and Home Environments, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and newborn health, Nutrition, Sanitation and Water.

https://data.unicef.org/country/

Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education and Home Environments.

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/development-status/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/early-childhood-education/

https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/home-environment/

ETHNOMED:

https://ethnomed.org/

Go to Cultures at the top of the website page. Go to Ethiopian

These pages have information about:  Interpersonal relationships (Naming, Status Role Prestige); Greetings (Phrases of Courtesy);Displays of Respect; General Etiquette; Marriage Family & Kinship Structure (Member, Gender/Status,Age Relationships, Family Kinship Structure); Reproduction (Pregnancy, Child Birth Post Partum Practices, Infancy Childhood and Socialization (Infant Feeding and Care, Child Rearing Practices); Nutrition and Food; Drinks, Drugs and Indulgences, Religious Life, Death, Traditional Medical Practices, Experiences with Western Medicines, Mental Health, Community Structure, Common Acculturation Issues

EVERY CULTURE:

Cultures within America and World Cultures:

https://www.everyculture.com/

Multicultural America:  https://www.everyculture.com/multi/

https://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Ethiopia.html

This website provides information by country on the topics of:  History, The beginning of Immigration, the Modern Era, Significant Immigration waves, Settlement Patterns (Acculturation/Assimilation), Traditions, Customs & Beliefs, Proverbs, Cuisine, Traditional Costumes, Dances & Songs, Holidays, Health Issues (Language, Family Community Dynamics), Education, Birth, Role of Women, Courtship & Weddings, Funerals (Religion, Employment and Economic Traditions, Politics and Government), Relationship with country of origin (Individual Group Contributions), Academia, Government, Media, Organizations and Associations, Museums and Research Centers.

World Cultures:  https://www.everyculture.com/wc/

https://www.everyculture.com/wc/Costa-Rica-to-Georgia/Ethiopia.html

https://www.everyculture.com/wc/Costa-Rica-to-Georgia/Amhara.html

https://www.everyculture.com/wc/Costa-Rica-to-Georgia/Ethiopians.html

Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major Holidays, Relationships, Living Conditions, Family Life, Clothing, Foods, Education, Cultural Heritage, Employment, Sports Recreation, Crafts, Hobbies, Social Problems

Information is provided on cultures within America and World Cultures.

ETHNIC PROFILES:

https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/omh/refugee/documents/ethnicprofiles.pdf

Information in the ethnic profiles are:  Background, Religion, Family Structure, Health Care Beliefs and Practices, Health Risks of Refugees

INFORMATION FROM AUSTRALIA:

HEALTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA:

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/health_workers/cultdiver_guide

Information is available on:  Places of Transition, Ethnicity, Language, Ancestry, Language & Religion, Communication, Health, Health Beliefs and practices, Social Determinants of Health

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/157335/ethiopian2011.pdf

CULTURAL ATLAS AUSTRALIA

https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/countries

Information for each culture are:  Core Concepts, Greetings, Religion, Family, Naming, Dates of Significance, Etiquette, Do’s and Don’ts, Communication, Other Considerations, Business Culture

https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/ethiopian-culture

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMHARIC LANGUAGE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic

ASHA (AMERICAN SPEECH/LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION) MULTICULTURAL)

https://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/Phono/

The information below is from the ASHA website

ASHA’s policy documents state that SLPs and audiologists must consider the sound systems of all the languages used by a client in order to provide appropriate assessment and treatment services. 

Amharic Phonemic Inventory

https://accent.gmu.edu/browse_native.php?function=detail&languageid=4

Predicted influence of Amharic on English

https://www.nbaslh.org/assets/docs/ECHO/echo-vol1-no2.pdf

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY MULTICULTURAL TOPICS IN CSD:

Information below is from the Portland State University website

https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/languages https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/multicsd/languages/amharic-ethiopia?authuser=0

LANGUAGE MANUALS:  WEEBLY

http://languagemanuals.weebly.com/language-manuals-list.html

http://languagemanuals.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/5/3/4853169/amharic_language_manual.pdf

ETHNOLOGUE:

https://www.ethnologue.com/

OMNIGLOT:

https://omniglot.com/index.htm

Writing Systems: Constructed scripts, Languages (profiles, how to learn languages, language lessons, language names, language families), Multilingual pages (Useful phrases, silly phrases, phrase finder, numbers, time, colours, family words, terms of endearment, idioms, proverbs, tongue twisters, songs, stories),

PHRASES IN 50 LANGUAGES:

https://www.50languages.com/

https://www.50languages.com/phrasebook/em/am/

MUSTGO WORLD LANGUAGES

https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/

Status, Dialects,  Structure (Sound, system, Syllable structure, Vowels, Consonants, Tones, Grammar (Nouns, Verbs, Sentence Markers, Word Order), Vocabulary, Writing,

https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/amharic/

RESOURCES- SCHOOL-AGED SUBJECTS:

https://www.buffaloschools.org/Page/17065

https://www.buffaloschools.org/Page/17099