Afar language
The Afar language (Afar: Qafaraf) (also known as ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is a lowland East Cushitic language spoken by the Afar people in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. It is thought to have 1.5 million speakers. Its most similar language is the Saho language.[2]
| Afar | |
|---|---|
| Qafaraf | |
| Native to | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia |
| Region | Horn of Africa |
| Ethnicity | Afar |
Native speakers | 1,990,800 (2017)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | aa |
| ISO 639-2 | aar |
| ISO 639-3 | aar |
| Glottolog | afar1241 |
References
- "Afar". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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