Amhara people - Wikipedia. Amharas (Amharic: አማራ, romanized: Āmara; [9] Ge'ez: ዐምሐራ, romanized: ʾÄməḥära) [10] are a Semitic -speaking ethnic group indigenous to Ethiopia, traditionally inhabiting parts of the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly inhabiting the Amhara Region.