Ethiopia Languages

Description
There are 90 individual languages spoken in Ethiopia. Most people in the country speak Afroasiatic languages of the...


 * Cushitic Branch
 * Oromo language - spoken by the Oromo People. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
 * Somali language - spoken by the Somalis. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
 * Semitic Branch
 * Amharic Language - spoken by the Amhara People. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
 * Tigrinya language - spoken by the Tigrayans. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.

Together, these four groups make up about three-quarters of Ethiopia's population.

Other Afroasiatic lanquauges with a significant number of speakers include...
 * Sidama language
 * Afar language - spoken by the Afar People. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
 * Hadiyya language
 * Agaw language
 * Gurage languages
 * Harari languages
 * Siltʼe
 * Argobba

English is the most spoken foreign language and is used in schools and federal laws.

Word List(s)

 * Amharic Phrases - iLanguages
 * Amharic Phrases - Learn101
 * Amharic Phrase list - WikiTravel

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet
 * Amharic Alphabet - Omniglot

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries'

Online Dictionaries
 * English - Amharic Online Dictionary - AmharicPro
 * Amharic Online Dictionary - Abyssinica
 * Somali online dictionary - Glosbe

Language Aids
 * Amharic Grammar - Learn101
 * Amharic Language Overview - MustGo travel
 * Somali language overview - MustGo travel
 * Amharic Punctuation - Omniglot

Languages

 * Language Gulper Languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Amharic Language

 * Amharic Transliteration information
 * Amharic-Latin converter
 * Amharic basics and grammar
 * Amharic dictionary online
 * Amharic online dictionary

Somali Language

 * Somali basics and grammar
 * Somali grammar


 * Country Studies - Somalia Language
 * Omniglot - Somali Alphabet
 * Wikipedia - Somali Language
 * Somali language resources
 * Somali language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 * Afro-Asiatic languages | Britannica.com