Gojjam
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Gojjam is a historical provincial kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos.
The arch of Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam in Debre Markos
Amharic
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Amharic is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other populations residing in major cities and towns in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopic (or Ge'ez) writing system is visible on the side of this Ethiopian Airlines Fokker 50: it reads "Ethiopia's": የኢትዮጵያ ye-ʾityop̣p̣ya.
A modern usage of Amharic: the label of a Coca-Cola bottle. The script reads ኮካ-ኮላ (koka-kola).
The Ethiopian anthem (since 1992) in Amharic, done on manual typewriter.