Some even state that the new post-EPRDF Ethiopian language policy is the first language policy in the country. The USA, for instance, did not state its language policy in any legal document, including its constitution, yet its language policy is known as “the no language policy policy”. Yes, Ethiopia is multilingual, and that is why it needs to have a multilingual federal language policy model. There is no problem with territorial language policy, yet what is important is to devise a mechanism of horizontal link among the different language policy regions. We already have a multilingual language policy with some challenges within the federal domain-the federal domain being monolingual.

Source: Ethiopian News January 25, 2026 16:53 UTC