Associations to the word «Amharic»

Wiktionary

AMHARIC, proper noun. A Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia.

Dictionary definition

AMHARIC, noun. The dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact.
AMHARIC, adjective. Related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic; "the Amharic language".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky