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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

CodeEntryLevelNote
04=NILOTICZoneCovers the "Nilotic" grouping (part of the "East-Sudanic" hypothesis within the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
05=EAST-SAHELZoneCovers the "East-Sahel" reference area (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
07=RIFT-VALLEYZoneCovers the "Rift-Valley" reference area (composed of sets not covered by any phylozone).
12-ACB-aaamarinya-FInner"formal standard amharic".
12=SEMITICZoneCovers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
14=CUSHITICZoneCovers the "Central & East Cushitic" grouping, within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental affinity …
16-BCA-abfugaInnerJimma
16=OMOTICZoneCovers the "Omotic", former "West Cushitic" grouping within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52=GERMANICZoneCovers 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.