ISO 639-3 · aaraar
Afroasiatic family
Afar
Afar-af
Afar is a language of the Cushitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. Wikidata counts about 1.6 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aar- ISO 639-1
aa- Glottocode
afar1241- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Centre point
- 12.40, 42.40
- Wikipedia
- 89 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Afar · Afar-af |
|---|---|
| Also called | Afar language, Adal, ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar |
| All speakers | 1,600,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Geʽez script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Afar
The branches above Afar, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Ethiopia
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