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Definition of Ethiopian language
1. Noun. The dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethiopian Language
Literary usage of Ethiopian language
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1838)
"Gesenius calculates that about one-third of the root» ai'd primitive words of
the Ethiopian language exists а!чо ,n Arabic ; and a considerable portion of ..."
2. The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in by James Theodore Bent, David Heinrich Müller, John George Garson (1896)
"1 and 2 from Aksum, place us in a position to observe the early development of
the Ethiopian language before the reform in writing and the introduction of ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The literature of the Ethiopian language, like that of Armenian, is almost
exclusively Christian, and, indeed, with comparatively slight exceptions, ..."
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