Amharic and Khasi
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Meghalaya
National Language
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
yiqirta
map a nga
Where They Speak
Gondar
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
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Dialect 3
Showa
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
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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
Origin
13th century
1200 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Khasi
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
No data available
Glottocode
amha1245
khas1269
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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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.
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.