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**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_language '''Oromo language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_people Oromo People]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_language '''Oromo language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_people Oromo People]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_language '''Somali language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalis Somalis]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_language '''Somali language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalis Somalis]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_language '''Afar language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_people Afar People]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages Semitic Branch]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages Semitic Branch]
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic '''Amharic Language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amhara_people Amhara People]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic '''Amharic Language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amhara_people Amhara People]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
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Together, these four groups make up about three-quarters of Ethiopia's population.  <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ethiopia," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia#Languages#:~:text=Together%2C%20these%20four%20groups%20make%20up%20about%20three-quarters%20of%20Ethiopia's%20population., accessed 8 Sep 2021.</ref>
Together, these four groups make up about three-quarters of Ethiopia's population.  <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ethiopia," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia#Languages#:~:text=Together%2C%20these%20four%20groups%20make%20up%20about%20three-quarters%20of%20Ethiopia's%20population., accessed 8 Sep 2021.</ref>
Other Afroasiatic lanquauges with a significant number of speakers include...<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ethiopia," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia#Languages, accessed 25 Oct 2021.</ref>
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidama_language '''Sidama language''']
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_language '''Afar language'''] - spoken by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_people Afar People]. One of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadiyya_language '''Hadiyya language''']
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaw_languages '''Agaw language''']
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurage_languages '''Gurage languages''']
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harari_language '''Harari languages''']
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silt%CA%BCe_language '''Siltʼe''']
:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argobba_language '''Argobba''']
English is the most spoken foreign language and is used in schools and federal laws. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ethiopia," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia#Languages#:~:text=English%20is%20the%20most%20widely%20spoken%20foreign%20language, accessed 25 Oct 2021.</ref>
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* [https://www.amharicpro.com/ English - Amharic Online Dictionary] - AmharicPro
* [https://www.amharicpro.com/ English - Amharic Online Dictionary] - AmharicPro
* [https://dictionary.abyssinica.com/ Amharic Online Dictionary] - Abyssinica
* [https://dictionary.abyssinica.com/ Amharic Online Dictionary] - Abyssinica
*[https://glosbe.com/so/en Somali online dictionary] - Glosbe


'''Language Aids'''
'''Language Aids'''
* [http://learn101.org/amharic_grammar.php Amharic Grammar] - Learn101
* [http://learn101.org/amharic_grammar.php Amharic Grammar] - Learn101
* [https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/amharic/ Amharic Language Overview] - MustGo travel
* [https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/amharic/ Amharic Language Overview] - MustGo travel
* [http://aboutworldlanguages.com/somali Somali language overview] - MustGo travel
* [https://www.omniglot.com/writing/amharic.htm#:~:text=Punctuation Amharic Punctuation] - Omniglot
* [https://www.omniglot.com/writing/amharic.htm#:~:text=Punctuation Amharic Punctuation] - Omniglot


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===Amharic Language===
===Amharic Language===


*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/amharic.htm Omniglot] - Amharic language, writing system, and reading tutorial
*[http://aboutworldlanguages.com/amharic Amharic language overview]
*[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/amharic.pdf Amharic Transliteration information]
*[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/amharic.pdf Amharic Transliteration information]
*[http://mylanguages.org/amharic_romanization.php Amharic-Latin converter]
*[http://mylanguages.org/amharic_romanization.php Amharic-Latin converter]
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===Somali Language===
===Somali Language===


*[http://aboutworldlanguages.com/somali Somali language overview]
*[http://learn101.org/somali_grammar.php Somali basics and grammar]
*[http://learn101.org/somali_grammar.php Somali basics and grammar]
*[http://polymath.org/somali_grammar_list.php Somali grammar]
*[http://polymath.org/somali_grammar_list.php Somali grammar]
*[https://glosbe.com/so/en Somali online dictionary]
 
*[http://countrystudies.us/somalia/51.htm Country Studies - Somalia Language]
*[http://countrystudies.us/somalia/51.htm Country Studies - Somalia Language]
*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/somali.htm Omniglot - Somali Alphabet]
*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/somali.htm Omniglot - Somali Alphabet]
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