The objective of this research is to examine the linguistic landscape of twornareas in Addis Ababa, namely Bole and Merkato. The data are collectedrnthrough the researcher's observation, photographing, and informalrninterviews held with business owners and customers. The data are analyzedrnusing qualitative and quantitative approaches to determine the visibility ofrndifferent languages, the number of languages used, the characteristics of bi/rntrilingual signs, and the importance and visibility of English as a foreignrnlanguage. According to the findings, Amharic and English are the mostrnvisible languages in the linguistic landscape. The distribution of these twornlanguages, however, differs in the two study areas. Amharic is the mostrnvisible language in Merkato, while English is dominant in Bole. The studyrnalso highlights the visibility of English in the linguistic landscape. The mainrnreason for using English is associated with its symbolic function for thernreaders of the signs. The study reveals that the signs from governmentrninstitutions (the top-down flow) and the signs from private sourcesrn(bottom-up flow) exhibit a difference with regard to language use andrnlanguage arrangement on signs. The most widely used languages in the topdownrnflow are Amharic and English. However, English is the most visiblernlanguage in the bottom-up flows of Bole, while Amharic is the most visiblernlanguage in Merkato. The study also reveals the status of local languagesrnand foreign languages in the linguistic landscape ofthe two areas.