ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ethiopian language mean? 

• ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE has 1 sense:

1. the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact

  Familiarity information: ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Amharic; Ethiopian language

Hypernyms ("Ethiopian language" is a kind of...):

Semitic (a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family)