1. Ethiopian languages
(Language/Language)

...-Asiatic super-family is represented by six major families, three of which are spoken in Ethiopia: namely, Semitic, Cushitic and Omotic. While the first two of these are spoken in other African countr...

2. Cushitic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

...laba, Derasa, Hadiya, Kambata and the Sidama proper) also are mainly agriculturalists. Like their northern Semitic counterparts they cultivate different crops, in addition to coffee and tobacco. They ...

3. Semitic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

Based on our earlier classification, the Semitic family is constituted by the Tigreans and Amharas in the northern and central parts of the country, respectively, and the Gurage and the Harari in the

4. Lalibela
(History/Ancient)

...rict of Lasta, it developed naturally out of the long cultural and political contact between Cushitic- and Semitic-speaking peoples in the northern highlands. Staunch Christians, the Zagwe devoted the...

5. Ethnic diversity
(Category Blog)

...ea in the north and northeast) can be classified, following the linguistic pattern, into four main groups: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, and Nilo-Saharan. ...