Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Meghalaya
  
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
  
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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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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]
  
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Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
13th century
  
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Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
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Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Khasi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
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Glottocode
amha1245
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
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Amharic and Khasi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Khasi language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Khasi Difficulty
The Amharic vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Khasi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.