language which has an official designation in ethiopia
Languages of Ethiopia According to the 2007 Ethiopian census, the largest first languages are: Amharic 21,634,396 or 29.30%;[9][10] Oromo language 24,930,424 speakers or 33.80% of the total population [11] Somali 4,609,274 or 6.25%;[11] Tigrinya 4,324,476 or 5.86% [11] Sidamo 2,981,471 or 4.84% [11] Wolaytta 1,627,784 or 2.21%;[11] Gurage 1,481,783 or 2.01% [11] and Afar 1,281,278 or 1.74%.[11] Arabic, which also belongs to the Afroasiatic family, is likewise spoken in some areas of Ethiopia.[12][13] Many Muslim Ethiopians are also able to speak Arabic because of their religious background.[14] English is the most widely spoken foreign language which is also taught in many schools.[15] Amharic is the official working language in which all federal laws are published, and it is spoken by millions of Ethiopians as a second language. In most regions it is the primary second language in the school curriculum.[citation needed]
Nile The Nile River (Arabic: النيل‎, Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl, Standard Arabic an-Nīl; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ, P(h)iaro; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ'pī and Jtrw; Biblical Hebrew: הַיְאוֹר‬, Ha-Ye'or or הַשִׁיחוֹר‬, Ha-Shiḥor) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is commonly regarded as the longest river in the world,[1] though some sources cite the Amazon River as the longest.[2] The Nile, which is 6,853 km (4,258 miles) long, is an "international" river as its drainage basin covers eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan and Egypt.[3] In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan.[4]