The people and culture of Ethiopia
Ethiopia has been called a rich cultural mosaic due to the eighty different languages and dialects.
The North and the center part of the country has got different Semitic languages like Tigrinya, Guraginya and the official national language Amharic are spoken.
The ancient Semitic forebear of these languages, Geez, today only survives in the Orthodox Church liturgy and literature.
The South and East part are Oromo, Afar and Somalis who are Cushitic-speaking peoples while the associated Sidama languages are spoken to the south-east.
The west and south-west are to be found the Nilotic peoples, each with its own distinctive language and culture.