Ethiopia Culture

Geographical and historical factors have a great influence on the distribution of ethnic groups and languages. With a population of over 44 million, Ethiopia has an area of 1.2 million Km2., and exhibits diverse climatic, soil and vegetation conditions. The country is situated in one of the transitional zones between the Middle East and Africa [...]

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The Nilotic language family are scattered north-south along the western border with the Sudan. Some of the main sub-groups included are the Shankila and Gumuz in western Gonder and Gojam; Mekan, Mao (Guenza) and Jeblawi in western Welega; Nuer in western Ilubabor, and Me-en in southern Kefa administrative region. With the exception of some muslim [...]

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The Omotic language family has a very great diversity within itself like the Cushitic group. Most languages in this family are spoken in the vicinity of the Omo river system from which the name is derived. Two regional sub-families of the Omotic family are the Northern and the Southern Omotic. The Northern Omotic includes Welayita, [...]

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The Cushitic group is very diverse and contains a large number of components. It is desirable to group them in relation to their distribution. The Cushitic of the north, the Agew, Bilen, as well as the Kemant, are in the area west of Tekeze and north of Lake Tana. The Bejas are found in the [...]

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Within the Semitic language group, Amarinya, Tigrinya, Tigre, Guraginya, and Aderinya are the most important. Regarding their spatial distribution, the Amharas are found predominantly in Gonder, Gojam, Welo and northern Shewa. Next to the Oromos, they are found in significant numbers in most of the administrative regions especially in Arsi, Harerge, Sidamo and Welega. The [...]

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