Ethiopian Semitic languages

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Ethiopian Semitic
Geographic distribution:	Northeast Africa
Genetic classification:	Afro-Asiatic  Semitic   South    Western     Ethiopian Semitic
Subdivisions:	Northern Southern

Ethiopian Semitic languages (Ethiosemitic for short, or sometimes Ethiopic) is a language group which together with Old South Arabian forms the Western branch of the South Semitic languages. Today, the name Ethiopian Semitic languages can be considered a misnomer as the North languages are also found in Eritrea with two of them being exclusively used there; however, the term came into use before Eritrea had separated from Ethiopia.

• North
  • Tigrinya language
  • Tigre language
  • Ge'ez language
  • Dahlik language - "newly discovered"
• South
  • Transverse
    • Amharic language
    • Argobba language
    • Gafat language
    • Harari language
    • East Gurage languages
      • Silt'e language (Wolane, Ulbareg, Inneqor)
      • Zay language
  • Outer
    • Soddo language (Kistane)
    • West Gurage languages
      • Inor language (Ennemor, Endegen)
      • Mesmes language
      • Mesqan language
      • Sebat Bet Gurage language (Chaha, Ezha, Gumer, Gura, Gyeto, Muher)

[edit] See also

• Languages of Eritrea
• Languages of Ethiopia

v • d • e Semitic languages
East Semitic	Akkadian · Eblaite
West/Central Semitic	Northwest: Amorite · Ugaritic · Canaanite: Ammonite · Moabite · Edomite Hebrew: Biblical · Mishnaic · Medieval · Mizrahi · Yemenite · Sephardi · Ashkenazi · Samaritan · Modern Hebrew Phoenician: Punic Aramaic: Western: Nabataean · Western Neo-Aramaic Western Middle: Jewish Middle Palestinian · Samaritan · Christian Palestinian Eastern: Biblical · Hatran · Syriac · Jewish Middle Babylonian · Chaldean Neo-Aramaic · Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · Senaya · Koy Sanjaq Surat · Hértevin · Turoyo · Mlahsô · Mandaic · Judeo-Aramaic Arabic languages: Ancient North Arabian Arabic: Literary: Classical - Middle Arabic - Modern Standard Arabic Arabic dialects: Eastern Arabic dialects: Sudanese Arabian Peninsular dialects: Dhofari · Hejazi · Najdi · Omani · Yemeni · Judeo-Yemenite Bedouin/Bedawi: Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic · Peninsular Bedawi Arabic Central Asian dialects: Central Asian Arabic · Khuzestani Arabic · Shirvani Egyptian Arabic: Saidi Arabic Gulf dialects: Baharna Gulf Shihhi Levantine Arabic: Cypriot Maronite Arabic Lebanese Palestinian Iraqi Arabic: Judeo-Iraqi Arabic Maghrebi: Algerian Saharan Shuwa Hassānīya Andalusian Libyan Arabic: Judeo-Tripolitanian Siculo-Arabic: Maltese Moroccan Arabic: Judeo-Moroccan Tunisian Arabic: Judeo-Tunisian
South Semitic	Western: Old South Arabian: Sabaean · Minaean · Qatabanian · Hadhramautic Ethiopian: North: Ge'ez Tigrinya Tigre Dahlik South: Transversal: Amharic-Argobba: Amharic Argobba Harari-East Gurage: Harari East Gurage: Silt'e Zay Ulbare Wolane Inneqor Outer: n-group: Gafat Soddo tt-group: Mesmes Muher West Gurage: Masqan: CPWG Central Western Gurage: Ezha Chaha Gura Gumer Peripheral Western Gurage: Gyeto Ennemor Endegen Eastern: Bathari Harsusi Hobyot Jibbali Mehri Soqotri