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The Amhara region has the most world heritage sites of any region in Ethiopia and is endowed with natural and geographic wonders and ecosystems. The region contains Ethiopia's largest inland body of water Lake Tana, which is the source of the Blue Nile river.
Amhara, people of the Ethiopian central highlands and one of the major ethnolinguistic groups in Ethiopia. The language of the Amhara is known as Amharic and belongs to the Semitic language family. The Amhara inhabit much of present-day Ethiopia and have long dominated the history of the region.
Amharic (/ æ m ˈ h ær ɪ k / am-HARR-ik [4] [5] [6] or / ɑː m ˈ h ɑːr ɪ k / ahm-HAR-ik; [7] native name: አማርኛ, romanized: Amarəñña, IPA: [amarɨɲːa] ⓘ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.
Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (Amharic: plural: ክልሎች kililoch; singular: ክልል kilil; Oromo: singular: Naannoo; plural: Naannolee) and chartered cities (Amharic: plural: አስተዳደር አካባቢዎች astedader akababiwoch; singular: አስተዳደር አካባቢ ...
Amhara, People of the Ethiopian central highlands. The Amhara number some 18 million and compose almost three-tenths of Ethiopia’s population. Their language is Amharic, a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family, and their religion is Ethiopian Orthodox.
The Amhara Region (Amharic: አማራ ክልል, romanized: Åmara Kilil ), officially the Amhara National Regional State (Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት ), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara, Awi, Xamir, Argoba, and Qemant people.
Amharic Language. Mostly spoken around the central highlands of Ethiopia, Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and the second most widely spoken Semitic language in the world after Arabic. It is the mother tongue of the Amhara people and a major lingua franca used by millions of people around Ethiopia and beyond.
