ISO 639-3 · aiwaiw
Afroasiatic family
Aari
Aari is a language of the South Omotic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia. Wikidata counts 285,000 first-language speakers (2007) and 13,300 who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aiw- Glottocode
aari1239- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 27 language editions
285,000first-language speakers
13,300second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Aari |
|---|---|
| Also called | Aari language |
| L1 speakers | 285,000 (2007) |
| L2 speakers | 13,300 (2007) |
| All speakers | 253,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Aari
The branches above Aari, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ethiopia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 mamhAmharicAfroasiatic · 25 m1 · NationalsomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalwalWolayttaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationtirTigrinyaAfroasiatic · 5.8 m2 · ProvincialgmoGamo-Gofa-Dawrounclassified · 2 msidSidamoAfroasiatic · 1.8 m4 · EducationalaarAfarAfroasiatic · 1.6 m2 · ProvincialkbrKafaAfroasiatic · 1.5 m4 · Educational