Amharic (አማርኛ)
Amharic (am, amh) is a world language. Wikidata records about 21.9M speakers. It is written in Geʽez script. It is an official language in 1 country, including Ethiopia.
Amharic uses the Ge'ez (Ethiopic) syllabary; font support must be tested.
Expect text translated from English into Amharic to grow by roughly 5–20%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 610,483 people aged 5+ speak Amharic at home (Census ACS), and 238,409 of them (39%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Amharic translators and interpreters.
Translation guides
Where Amharic is official
- Ethiopia
Rates for Amharic translation
Amharic falls in our african languages band: roughly $0.08–$0.20 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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