Country
Languages of Ethiopia
The Linguasphere Register records 11 entries for Ethiopia, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
11Register entries
3Sectors present
8Zones
2Language entries
0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN
Register entries recorded in Ethiopia
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
04= | NILOTIC | Zone | Covers the "Nilotic" grouping (part of the "East-Sudanic" hypothesis within the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis). |
05= | EAST-SAHEL | Zone | Covers the "East-Sahel" reference area (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis). |
07= | RIFT-VALLEY | Zone | Covers the "Rift-Valley" reference area (composed of sets not covered by any phylozone). |
12-ACB-aa | amarinya-F | Inner | "formal standard amharic". |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
14= | CUSHITIC | Zone | Covers the "Central & East Cushitic" grouping, within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental affinity … |
16-BCA-ab | fuga | Inner | Jimma |
16= | OMOTIC | Zone | Covers the "Omotic", former "West Cushitic" grouping within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.