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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 Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Nonglung   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

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
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
0.84 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

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

French Name
khasi   
amharique   

German Name
Khasi-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Khasi people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
Not Available   
13th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Khasi   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khas1269   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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 Not Available 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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