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The list includes people born in and residing in Ethiopia, as well as people strongly associated with Ethiopia, and people of significant Ethiopian ancestry. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Most of the Ethiopian Jewish communities in Ethiopia and Israel speak Amharic. [71] Many followers of the Rastafari movement learn Amharic as a second language, as they consider it to be a sacred language. [72] Amharic is the working language of the federal authorities of the Ethiopian government, and one of the five official languages of Ethiopia.
Habesha peoples (Ge'ez: ሐበሠተ; Amharic: ሐበሻ; Tigrinya: ሓበሻ; commonly used exonym: Abyssinians) is an ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier that has been historically employed to refer to Semitic-speaking and predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian peoples found in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea between Asmara and Addis Ababa (i.e. the modern-day Amhara, Tigrayan, Tigrinya ...
The language of inter‐ethnic communication is Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia. Kambatas have Amharic names, and some even speak Amharic as their first language. These days, traditional Kambata names are hardly given to children. English is the only spoken foreign language and is the language of teaching in secondary schools.
The following is an alphabetical list of Amharic writers, presenting an overview of notable authors, journalists, novelists, playwrights, poets and screenwriters who have released literary works in the Amharic language, used predominantly in Ethiopia.
By the late first millennium BC, the Agaws occupied the northern Ethiopian region, as the Sidamo occupied the central and southern parts of Ethiopia, making inaugural historical development of Ethiopia. [21] Afro-Asiatic languages were present in Africa and the Middle East by the eighth to sixth millennium BCE.
also: Countries: Ethiopia: People This category is about individuals who live in Ethiopia and/or are of Ethiopian descent. For ethnic groups of Ethiopia, see Category:Ethnic groups in Ethiopia .
Hadiya (Amharic: ሐድያ), also spelled as Hadiyya, is an ethnic group native to Ethiopia in southern region who speak the Hadiyyisa language.According to a popular etymology, the name 'Hadiyya," means gift of god". it is mainly known for its Islamic influences in southern part of south shewa and west sharka [2] A historical definition of the Hadiya people based on the old Hadiyya Sultanate ...