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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   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

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 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.84 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

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

French Name
amharique   
khasi   

German Name
Amharisch   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
13th century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Khasi   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available. 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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