Ethiopia is a multilingual nation.
Ethiopia . Ethiopia is a multilingual nation with around 80 ethnolinguistic groups , the four largest of which are the Oromiffa , Amhara , Somali , and Tigrayans . Most people in the country speak Afroasiatic languages of the Cushitic or Semitic branches . Nilo-Saharan languages are also spoken by the nation 's Nilotic ethnic minorities .