Ethiopian Semitic (also known as Ethiopian, Ethiosemitic or Ethiopic) is a language group, which together with Old South Arabian
Old South Arabian
Old Sout
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Ethiopian Semitic (also known as Ethiopian, Ethiosemitic or Ethiopic) is a language group, which together with Old South Arabian
Old South Arabian
Old South Arabian is the term used for four closely related languages spoken in the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. These languages are distinct from Classical Arabic.... , forms the Western branch of the South Semitic
South Semitic
South Semitic is one of the three macro-classifications in Semitic languages linguistics, the other two being East Semitic and West Semitic . Semitic itself is considered a branch of the larger Afro-Asiatic language family found, as indicated in the name, both in Africa and Asia.... languages. Today, the name Ethiopian can be considered a misnomer, as the North languages are also found in Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the Country of Eritrea, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast.... , with two of them being exclusively used there; however, the term came into use before Eritrea had separated from Ethiopia. Scientific research on Ethiopian Semitic is carried out in the fields of linguistics and Ethiopian Studies
Ethiopian Studies
Ethiopian Studies refers to a multi-disciplinary academic cluster dedicated to the research on Ethiopia in the cultural and historical context of the Horn of Africa.... .
Tigrinya , also spelled Tigrigna, Tigrina, Tigri?a, less commonly Tigrinian, Tigrinyan, is a Semitic languages spoken by the Tigray-Tigrinya people in Tigray [Northern Ethiopia] and in central Eritrea , where it is one of the two official languages of Eritrea, and in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia , where it also...
For other uses please see TigreTigre is a Semitic languages language that closely resembles the Ge'ez language in its purest form and it is also closely related to Tigrinya language....
Ge'ez is an ancient South Semitic language that developed in the current region of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa. It later became the official language of the Kingdom of Aksum and Ethiopian imperial court....
Dahlik is a language spoken exclusively in Eritrea off the coast of Massawa, on three islands in the Dahlak Archipelago: Dahlak Kebir, Nora and Dehil.... - "newly discovered"
Argobba is an Ethiopian Semitic languages spoken in an area north-east of Addis Ababa by the Argobba people. It belongs to the South Ethiopian Semitic languages subgroup together with Amharic language and the Gurage languages....
The Gafat language is an extinct Semitic language that was once spoken along the Abbay River in Ethiopia. The records of this language are extremely sparse: a translation of the Song of Songs written in the 17th or 18th Century held at the Bodleian Library, and the reports of W....
Harari is the language of the Harari people of Ethiopia. According to the 1998 Ethiopian census, it is spoken by 21,283 people. Most of its speakers are multilingual in Amharic language and/or Oromo language....
Silt'e is a Semitic languages spoken in central Ethiopia, mainly within the Gurage Zone, in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region and by speakers of the language, who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa.... (Wolane, Ulbareg, Inneqor)
The Zay language is one of the Ethiopic languages. It is spoken by about 4,880 members of the Zay people on the islands and shores of Lake Zway in southern Ethiopia....
Soddo is a Gurage language spoken by about 300,000 people in southeastern Ethiopia. It is a South Ethiopian Semitic language of the Northern Gurage subfamily.... (Kistane)
Inor , sometimes called Ennemor, is a Semitic languages spoken in central Ethiopia, mainly within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, and by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa.... (Ennemor, Endegen)
Mesmes languageThe Mesmes language is an extinct language, one of the West Gurage languages, a cluster of Semitic languages in Ethiopia. There are still many people who claim the Mesmes ethnic identity, but none who speak the language....
Sebat Bet Gurage language is spoken in*Muher is spoken in Muher and Aklil Wereda in the mountains north of Chaha and Ezha,Central West Gurage Region,... (Chaha, Ezha, Gumer, Gura, Gyeto, Muher)
