Oromic as Third Language in Amhara Region and Among Amharic Speakers Nationwide
I believe Ethiopia’s three-language education policy is one of the best ways to promote national integration, fairness, equality, and justice. Most regions in the country — except the Amhara region and Amharic-speaking urban populations — have already implemented this approach by learning:
- Their mother tongue,
- English, and
- A third language (often Amharic).
It is now time for the Amhara region and Amharic-speaking urbanites to embrace this model and adopt a third language — especially Oromic. I strongly advocate for Amharas to learn Oromic, just as Oromos have been learning Amharic for decades.
This mutual linguistic exchange is essential to transform the ongoing Amhara-Oromo confrontation — often exploited by the ruling Prosperity Party (Biltsigina) for divide-and-rule tactics — into a lasting Amhara-Oromo cooperation. A stable Oromara alliance would be a powerful force for justice, democracy, and freedom against authoritarian rule.
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