Afar language

Afar
Qafar af
Pronunciation[ʕʌfʌɾʌf]
Native toDjibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
RegionHorn of Africa
EthnicityAfar
Native speakers
2.6 million (2019–2022)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
  • Cushitic
    • East
      • Lowland
        • Saho–Afar
          • Afar
DialectsAussa
Ba'adu
Central Afar
Northern Afar
Latin
Official status
Official language in
 Ethiopia
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-1aa
ISO 639-2aar
ISO 639-3aar
Glottologafar1241

Afar[a] 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.

  1. ^ Afar at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)


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