Afar language
Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea
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] |
Latin | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | aa |
ISO 639-2 | aar |
ISO 639-3 | aar |
Glottolog | afar1241 |