<P> According to the 2007 Ethiopian census , the largest first languages are : Amharic 21,634,396 or 29.30 % ; Oromo language 24,930,424 speakers or 33.80 % of the total population Somali 4,609,274 or 6.25 % ; Tigrinya 4,324,476 or 5.86 % Sidamo 2,981,471 or 4.84 % Wolaytta 1,627,784 or 2.21 % ; Gurage 1,481,783 or 2.01 % and Afar 1,281,278 or 1.74 % . Arabic , which also belongs to the Afroasiatic family , is likewise spoken in some areas of Ethiopia . Many Muslim Ethiopians are also able to speak Arabic because of their religious background . English is the most widely spoken foreign language which is also taught in many schools . Amharic is the official working language in which all federal laws are published , and it is spoken by millions of Ethiopians as a second language . In most regions it is the primary second language in the school curriculum . </P>
<P> According to the 2007 Ethiopian census , the largest first languages are : Amharic 21,634,396 or 29.30 % ; Oromo language 24,930,424 speakers or 33.80 % of the total population Somali 4,609,274 or 6.25 % ; Tigrinya 4,324,476 or 5.86 % Sidamo 2,981,471 or 4.84 % Wolaytta 1,627,784 or 2.21 % ; Gurage 1,481,783 or 2.01 % and Afar 1,281,278 or 1.74 % . Arabic , which also belongs to the Afroasiatic family , is likewise spoken in some areas of Ethiopia . Many Muslim Ethiopians are also able to speak Arabic because of their religious background . English is the most widely spoken foreign language which is also taught in many schools . Amharic is the official working language in which all federal laws are published , and it is spoken by millions of Ethiopians as a second language . In most regions it is the primary second language in the school curriculum . </P>
language which has an official designation in ethiopia
language which has an official designation in ethiopia
Amharic
Amharic