Amharic
noun
Am·har·ic
am-ˈher-ik 
-ˈha-rik;
am-ˈhär-
äm-
: a Semitic language that is an official language of Ethiopia
Amharic
adjective
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As late as December 2020, Meta lacked hate speech classifiers for Oromo and Amharic, two of the major languages spoken in Ethiopia.
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Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
The font on the album cover is a play on the Geʽez script used in Amharic, her mother tongue.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
In Amharic, there is a level of linguistic interchangeability when referring to the flower, taking on meanings of youth, rebirth, and expansion simultaneously.
—Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
Instructions about how to use the phone are in three languages: English, Spanish and Amharic — a reflection of Takoma Park’s Ethiopian community.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
She’s also taught herself some Amharic to communicate with patients who speak that Ethiopian language.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Al Otro Lado, a group aiding migrants, is seeking volunteers who speak Russian, Pashto, Creole, French, Portuguese, Amharic, Hindi, Mandarin, Somali, Turkish and Vietnamese.
—Elliot Spagat, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
Interpreters are available at no cost in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, Amharic and Arabic.
—Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
The City of Dallas’s top five languages besides English are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese (simplified), Korean and Amharic, the latter being the most spoken language in Ethiopia.
—María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
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Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
The font on the album cover is a play on the Geʽez script used in Amharic, her mother tongue.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
In Amharic, there is a level of linguistic interchangeability when referring to the flower, taking on meanings of youth, rebirth, and expansion simultaneously.
—Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
Instructions about how to use the phone are in three languages: English, Spanish and Amharic — a reflection of Takoma Park’s Ethiopian community.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
She’s also taught herself some Amharic to communicate with patients who speak that Ethiopian language.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Al Otro Lado, a group aiding migrants, is seeking volunteers who speak Russian, Pashto, Creole, French, Portuguese, Amharic, Hindi, Mandarin, Somali, Turkish and Vietnamese.
—Elliot Spagat, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
Interpreters are available at no cost in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, Amharic and Arabic.
—Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
The City of Dallas’s top five languages besides English are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese (simplified), Korean and Amharic, the latter being the most spoken language in Ethiopia.
—María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
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“Amharic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Amharic. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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