Amharic

• Alternate names: Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian Also: in Israel -- "Falasha"
• Scriptures published: Bible (1840--1988) New Testament (1829--1988) Portions (1824--1988)
• Literacy: Literacy rate in first language: 28%. Literacy rate in second language: 28.1%. Taught in primary schools
• Primary country: Ethiopia
• Region: North central, Amhara Region; Addis Ababa
• Also used in: Canada, Djibouti, Egypt, Israel, United States
• Religion: Christian, Jewish
• Status: Statutory national working language in Ethiopia
• Number of users: 21,811,560 (21,600,000; 40,000)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Watch The JESUS Film in Amharic
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Amharic
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Amharic on the web
• Joshua Project: Amharic — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Amharic — detailed linguistic information.
• Survey Reports at sil.org:
  • Fast linguistic assessment of multilingualism in Ethiopia (F.L.A.M.E.): a progress report
  • Sociolinguistic survey report of the Zay language area
  • Sociolinguistic survey report on the Amuru area of Ethiopia