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 | ||||
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Qafaraf | ||||
Native to | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia | |||
Region | Horn of Africa | |||
Ethnicity | Afar | |||
Native speakers | 1,990,800 (2017)[1] | |||
Language family | ||||
Writing system | Latin | |||
Recognised minority language in | Djibouti Eritrea | |||
Language codes | ||||
ISO 639-1 | aa | |||
ISO 639-2 | aar | |||
ISO 639-3 | aar | |||
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References
- ↑ "Afar". Ethnologue. https://www.ethnologue.com/language/aar. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.