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Amharic and Khasi


Khasi and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
14  
4

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Kumno  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
khublei  

Please
i'bakwon  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Map  

Bye
tschao  
khublei  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
amharique  
khasi  

German Name
Amharisch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
13th century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Khasi  

Language Position
55  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
kha  

ISO 639 3
amh  
kha  

ISO 639 6
amh  
kha  

Glottocode
amha1245  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Amharic and Khasi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Khasi Speaking population

Amharic and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Khasi on Amharic vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Khasi Language Codes

Amharic and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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