Amharic is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Southwest Semitic group and is related to Geʿez, or Ethiopic, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox church; it also has affinities with Tigré, Tigrinya, and the South Arabic dialects. Although the oldest extant records in Amharic are songs and poems dating from the 14th century ce.. Gedeo (1.3%) — A Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family. The language is spoken in the south and central parts of Ethiopia. Kafa (1.1%) — A North Omotic Language spoken in Ethiopia at the Keffa Zone. English is the most widely spoken foreign language and is often used in educational institutions.

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Language in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has many indigenous languages (84 according to the Ethnologue, 77 according to the 1994 census), most of them Afro. Asiatic (Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic), plus some that are Nilo-Saharan. English is the most widely spoken foreign language and is the medium of instruction in secondary schools and universities.. Another language spoken in Ethiopia, Sidama is a Highland East Cushitic tongue. Also called Sidaamu Afoo, it has over 4.3 million first language speakers. Sidama used an Ethiopic script until 1993.