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Amharic

Spoken language
Amharic is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other populations residing in... Wikipedia
Region: Africa
Location: Ethiopia
Ethnicity: 31 million Amhara (2020)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > West Semitic > South Semitic > Ethiopic > South > Transversal South > Amharic–Argobba > Amharic
Signed forms: Signed Amharic
Speakers: L1: 35 million (2020); L2: 25 million (2019) Total: 60 million (2019–2020)
Writing system: Geʽez script (Amharic syllabary); Ge'ez Braille