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Afar

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Afar

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Also known as Afar language, Adal, ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar, aa

Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea

AI overview

Afar is a language spoken by people in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family, which includes many languages across Africa and the Middle East.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Cushitic
Country
Djibouti
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topic has template
Template:Lang-aa
indigenous to
East Africa
Wikimedia language code
aa
writing system
Geʽez script
number of speakers, writers, or signers
1600000
native label
اللغة العفارية
topic's main category
Category:Afar language
linguistic typology
subject–object–verb
exact match
publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/AAR
Commons category
Afar language
P10369
Azerbaijan
P11012
Netherlands Armed Forces in Suriname
different from
Avar
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Encyclopedic overview

Afar, also known as ’Afar af, Qafar af, or عَفَر أَف, is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch, primarily spoken by the Afar people, native to parts of Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is an official language in Ethiopia; and a national language in Djibouti and Eritrea. Afar is officially written in the Latin script and has over 2.6 million speakers.

Classification

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