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Languages Spoken in Ethiopia

Official: Amharic

Ethiopia has a population of 118.5 million and is home to several distinct language communities, with 8 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Amharic serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Ethiopia, 5 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

118.5M
Population
8
Languages
5
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Languages spoken in Ethiopia

English
English Braille, English alphabet
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43%
CLDR
Amharic Official
Geʽez script
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33%
CLDR
Oromo
Geʽez script, Latin script
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32%
CLDR
Somali
Latin script, Osmanya
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6%
CLDR
Tigrinya
Geʽez script
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6%
CLDR
Sidamo
Geʽez script, Latin script
4%
CLDR
Wolaytta
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Afar
Geʽez script, Latin script
1%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Oromo (official regional working language) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official regional working language) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official regional working language) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official regional working language) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (2007 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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