Amharic
the Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia.
of or relating to this language or its speakers.
Origin of Amharic
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How to use Amharic in a sentence
In one example, a two-hour long video with more than 1,000 views, a man speaking Amharic says that anyone married to Tigrayans or Oromos—two major ethnic groups from Ethiopia—are traitors and enemies of the state.
A document showed that in 2020, the company did not have screening algorithms to find misinformation in Burmese, the language of Myanmar, or hate speech in the Ethiopian languages of Oromo or Amharic.
“I’ve never been told about carbon monoxide before,” Bekele said, speaking through an interpreter in his native Amharic.
Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History | by Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson, Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News | April 29, 2021 | ProPublicaAsmara, an Amharic word signifying “good pasture place,” is a town of considerable antiquity.
The Amharic language, soft and musical in itself, derived new melody from the lips of Mr. M——.
Love After Marriage; and Other Stories of the Heart | Caroline Lee Hentz
I went up to him, and he made me a bow and said something in Amharic, which it is needless to say I did not understand.
Sport in Abyssinia | Dermot MayoThe chief spoken language is the Amharic; in it some books have been published.
British Dictionary definitions for Amharic
/ (æmˈhærɪk) /
the official language of Ethiopia, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family
denoting or relating to this language
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