| name | Ethnologue status | language family | office | IETF | alphabet | ISO 6391 | ISO 6392 | ISO 6393 | speakers (people) | Manuscript | micronation | publisher | former country | is a dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somali language | 1 National | Afroasiatic languages | Regional Somali Language Academy | Latin script | so | som | som | 17,000,000 | Yes | |||||
| Amharic | 1 National | Afroasiatic languages | Geʽez script | am | amh | amh | 36,434,400 | Yes | ||||||
| Arabic | Afroasiatic languages | Arabic alphabet | ar | ara | 290,000,000 | Yes | ||||||||
| Maay Maay | 5 Developing | Afroasiatic languages | Latin script | ymm | 1,900,000 | Yes | ||||||||
| Oromo language | Afroasiatic languages | Latin script | om | orm | orm – inclusive code [ISO_639_macrolanguage]$#$Individual codes:$#$gax –Borana–Arsi–Guji–Walagaa Oromo [Borana_language]$#$hae –Eastern Oromo [Eastern_Oromo_language]$#$orc –Orma [Orma_language]$#$gaz –West Central Oromo [West_Central_Oromo_language]$#$ssn –Waata [Waata_language] | 25,000,000 | Yes |