South Ethiopic languages
The South Ethiopic languages are a family of many languages spoken throughout Ethiopia. They include the Amharic language which is the official language of Ethiopia, as well as the second most spoken Semitic language after Arabic.[2]
| South Ethiopic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Ethiopia |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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| Glottolog | ethi1244[1] |
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ethiosemitic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Lipiński, Edward (2001). Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar. ISBN 9789042908154.
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