The purpose of this study is to describe the pattern of language use of thernresettled ethnolinguistic groups in the two resettlement sites of Gambella town.rnIn order to meet this purpose, 216 respondents were randomly selected fromrnthe resettlement sites. The required data were collected through questionnaire,rninterview and observation. The data were analyzed quantitatively andrnqualitatively. The result of the study reveals that the resettlement sites arernmultilingual with nine languages in use: Amharic, Tigrinya, Kambata, Hadiyya,rnWolayta, Afan Oromo, Himtinya, Anyua and Nuer. Of these, the former sevenrnhave MT speakers who are first or second generation resettlers while the latterrntwo are languages the indigenous population of the town. Amharic is the mostrnlearned 8L by MT speakers of different languages. Mothers are more bilingualrnthan fathers since they have more contact with other ethnolinguistic grouprnmembers than fathers. Respondents are more bilinguals than their parents asrnthey have more exposure to the diverse linguistic groups than the parents.rnMost respondents use Amharic in all domains with all types of participantsrnwhen talking about any issue. There is a greater tendency of shift in allrnethnolinguistic groups towards Amharic. The role of the indigenous languages,rnAnyua and Nuer, is considerably significant. Amharic is the most preferredrnlanguage as it deserved the strongest positive attitude. It is the language largelyrnpreferred to be learned as the first language of children. Finally, in thernresettlement sites of Gambella town, Amharic to a larger degree and Anyua to arnlesser extent are the most predominantly used languages in the two sites.rnGenerally, Amharic has turned out to be the lingua franca in thesernlinguistically diverse resettlement sites of Gambella town.