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Languages of Ethiopia

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Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populations in Ethiopia.

Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch

Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea

Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea

Cushitic language

thumb|Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining his conquests and accomplishments Geez ( or ; , and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now known as Ethiopia and Eritrea.

language family

small language family of East Africa

Ethiopian Semitic

language family

Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia

Omotic language in Ethiopia

language spoken by the Berta (also Bertha, Barta, Burta) in Sudan and Ethiopia

Ethiopian Semitic spoken in an area north-east of Addis Ababa by the Argobba people

Semitic language of eastern Ethiopia

language spoken in Ethiopia

Afro-Asiatic language

Gurage language spoken in Ethiopia

Central Cushitic language

languages of Ethiopia

languages of the country and its people

Alaba-K’abeena

Highland East Cushitic language

Gurage language spoken in southeastern Ethiopia

Maay-Maay language

Cushitic language

Sebat Bet Gurage

Gurage language of Ethiopia

Gurage language of Ethiopia

language family

Gamo-Gofa-Dawro

language spoken in southern Ethiopia

language family