- Amharic
- Amharic principal language of Ethiopia, 1813, from Amhara, name of a central province in Ethiopia.
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Amharic
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Amharic — Am*har ic, a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. n. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amharic — [am har′ik, äm här′ik] n. the official language of Ethiopia, in the Ethiopic subfamily of the Semitic family of languages … English World dictionary
Amharic — Infobox Language name=Amharic nativename=አማርኛ amarəñña pronunciation=/amarɨɲɲa/ states=Ethiopia, Israel |speakers=17,000,000+ total, 14,000,000+ monolinguals (1998) familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=South Semitic fam4=Ethiopian… … Wikipedia
Amharic — Amharique Amharique አማርኛ, amaregna Parlée en Éthiopie Israël Région Afrique de l’Est … Wikipédia en Français
Amharic — noun Etymology: part translation of Amharic amarəñña, from Amara region of highland Ethiopia Date: 1813 a Semitic language that is an official language of Ethiopia • Amharic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Amharic — n. official language of Ethiopia adj. pertaining to the Amharic language (language of Ethiopia); written in Amharic … English contemporary dictionary
Amharic language — Semitic language of Ethiopia. Amharic is spoken by more than 18 million people as a first language and is used as a lingua franca throughout much of central highland Ethiopia. Its status as a de facto national language is largely due to the long… … Universalium
Amharic Wikipedia — Infobox website name = Amharic Wikipedia caption = url = http://am.wikipedia.org/ commercial = No location = Miami, Florida type = Internet encyclopedia project language = Amharic registration = Optional owner = Wikimedia Foundation author = The… … Wikipedia
Amharic-Argobba languages — Infobox Language family name=Amharic Argobba region=Ethiopia familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=South Semitic fam4=Western fam5=Ethiopian Semitic fam6=South fam7=Transversal child1=Amharic child2=ArgobbaAmharic Argobba is a group of group … Wikipedia
Amharic — /am har ik, ahm hahr /, n. 1. the Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia. adj. 2. of or pertaining to this language or its speakers. [1590 1600; AMHAR(A) + IC] * * * … Universalium
