AMHARIC
Amharic is spoken by more than 23 million people and is one of
the official/national languages of the Ethiopian Republic (the
other two are Tigrinya and English). It is a Semitic languages
related to Arabic and Hebrew and has a very old writing system
based on an ancient language called Ge’ez.
“ny” is pronounced as a single sound in the following words –
like the first “n” in “onion”. The “w” sound may occur at the
end of the word. This is different from English, where it only
comes at the beginning of a word or within a word, but never at
the end.
The “r” is trilled as in Spanish.
Hello, nice to meet you.
TAY-nah EES-tuh-liny.
I only speak English.
Ehng-GLEE-zeh-NYAH b’CHAH eh-NAH-geh-RAH-leh-hoo.
I don’t understand.
Ahl-geh-BAHN’ym.
What is this?
YUH-hay muhnd nehw?
What is the time?
snt seh-AHT nehw?
What is the date?
qeh-NOO snt nehw?
