This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we begin the series with Abkhaz, Albanian and Amharic.
Abkhaz
Abkhaz, also known asĀ Abkhazian, is aĀ Northwest Caucasian languageĀ most closely related toĀ Abaza. It is spoken mostly by theĀ Abkhaz people. It is one of the official languages ofĀ Abkhazia, where around 190,000 people speak it.
Abkhaz appeared within phrases of “Keep on Going”, the Georgian entry for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Oto Nemsadze performed “Keep on Going”, finishing in 14th place in the semi final, with 62 points.
Albanian
Albanian is anĀ Indo-EuropeanĀ language and the only surviving representative of theĀ Albanoid branch, which belongs to theĀ Paleo-Balkan group. It is the native language of theĀ Albanian people.
Albanian appeared in full, within “Zjarr e ftohtĆ«”, the Albanian entry for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. Luiz Ejlli performed “Zjarr e ftohtĆ«”, finishing in 14th place in the semi final, with 58 points.
Amharic
Amharic is anĀ Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within theĀ Semitic branchĀ of theĀ Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as aĀ first languageĀ by theĀ Amhara people, and also serves as aĀ lingua francaĀ for all other metropolitan populations inĀ Ethiopia.
Amharic appeared within lines of “Feker Libi”, the Israeli entry for the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Eden Alene was due to perform “Feker Libi”.
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Author: Richard Taylor
Source: Eurovision Ireland, Wikipedia & YouTube/EBU
Categories: #AtoZ, Albania, eurovision 2006, Eurovision 2019, Eurovision 2020, Eurovision 2021, Georgia, Israel, Languages
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