Amharic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Amharic in British English:
UK [æmˈhærik]
How to pronounce Amharic in American English:
US [æmˈhærɪk]
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- Noun:
- the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara people have been in close contact
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- Adjective:
- related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic
Word Origin
- Amharic
- principal language of Ethiopia, 1813, from Amhara, name of a central province in Ethiopia.
Example
- 1. At the last election in 2005 , he ran three amharic language newspapers with his wife .
- 2. As well as english , french , portuguese and arabic , it offers zulu , afrikaans , amharic and swahili .
- 3. Related to or characteristic of or written in amharic .
- 4. The fossil has been named " selam , " which means peace in ethiopia 's official amharic language .
- 5. Its modern yemeni descendents are closely related to the modern semitic languages of ethiopia , including amharic , the national language .