total population; Amharic 29.33% (official language); Somali 6.25%; Tigrinya 5.86%; Sidamo 4.84%; Wolaytta 2.21%, Gurage 2.01%; and Afar 1.74%. Widely-spoken foreign languages include Arabic (official), English (official; major foreign language taught in schools), and Italian (spoken by European minority). Other than the 85 languages spoken, there are also 5 Ethiopian languages