Afar language
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| Afar | ||
|---|---|---|
| Qafár af | ||
| Spoken in | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti | |
| Region | Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti | |
| Total speakers | 1.4–1.5 million | |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | aa | |
| ISO 639-2 | aar | |
| ISO 639-3 | aar | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Afar (Qafár af) is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. It is thought to have 1.5 million speakers. Its most similar language is the Saho language. [1]
[change] References
- ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
