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Khasi and Amharic


Amharic and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
31  
21

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Selam  

Thank You
Khublei  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
melkam meshe't  

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

Good Morning
khublei  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Sngewbha  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Map  
aznallehu  

Bye
khublei  
tschao  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
-  
Gondar  

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

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

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

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Showa  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
አማርኛ  

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

French Name
khasi  
amharique  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
13th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Amharic  

Language Position
40  
37
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
amh  

ISO 639 3
kha  
amh  

ISO 639 6
kha  
amh  

Glottocode
khas1269  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Khasi and Amharic 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 Khasi and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Khasi and Amharic Speaking population

Khasi and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Khasi and Amharic on Khasi vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Amharic Language Codes

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

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