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Afar
Qafar af
Native toDjibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
RegionHorn of Africa
EthnicityAfar
Native speakers
2.6 million (2019–2020)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Cushitic
    • Lowland East
      • Saho–Afar
        • Afar
DialectsAussa
Ba'adu
Central Afar
Northern Afar
Writing system
Latin
Official status
Official language in
Afar language Ethiopia
Recognised minority
language in
Afar language Djibouti
Afar language Eritrea
Language codes
ISO 639-1aa
ISO 639-2aar
ISO 639-3aar
Glottologafar1241
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Afar (Afar: Qafaraf; also known as ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken by the Afar people inhabiting Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

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Afar language

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Afar (Afar: Qafaraf; also known as ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken by the Afar people...

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Afar people

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live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti, as well as the entire southern coast of Eritrea. The Afar speak the Afar language, which is...

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Languages of Djibouti

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The languages of Djibouti include Afar, Arabic, Somali and French. Somali and Afar are the most widely spoken tongues, and Arabic and French serve as the...

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Afar Region

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The Afar Region (/ˈɑːfɑːr/; Afar: Qafar Rakaakayak; Amharic: ዓፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the...

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Languages of Ethiopia

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Other Afroasiatic languages with a significant number of speakers include the Cushitic Sidamo, Afar, Hadiyya and Agaw languages, as well as the Semitic...

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Afar

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Look up afar or Afar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Afar may refer to: Afar language, an East Cushitic language Afar people, an ethnic group of Djibouti...

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Saho language

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completely designed with saho language. Saho is so closely related to the Cushitic Afar language, spoken as a mother tongue by the Afar people, that some linguists...

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Cushitic languages

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(3 million), and Afar (2 million). Oromo serves as one of the official working languages of Ethiopia and is also the working language of several of the...

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Afar Triangle

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The Afar Triangle (also called the Afar Depression) is a geological depression caused by the Afar Triple Junction, which is part of the Great Rift Valley...

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Djibouti

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mainland Africa). French and Arabic are its two official languages, Afar and Somali are national languages. About 94% of Djiboutians adhere to Islam, which is...

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Ethiopia

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Other Afroasiatic languages with a significant number of speakers include the Cushitic Sidamo, Afar, Hadiyya and Agaw languages, as well as the Semitic...

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Eritreans

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Ethiopia, and Djibouti. They speak the Afar language as a mother tongue, and are predominantly Muslim. Afars in Eritrea number about 397,000 individuals...

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Ethiopian Empire

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of Arqiqo in 1589, thus containing them on a narrow coastline strip. The Afar Sultanate maintained the remaining Ethiopian port on the Red Sea, at Baylul...

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Languages of Eritrea

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The main languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre, Kunama, Bilen, Nara, Saho, Afar, and Beja. The country's working languages are Tigrinya, Arabic...

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Tigray War

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Mekelle; by July the same year, they had also advanced into the Amhara and Afar regions. In early November 2021, the TDF, together with the Oromo Liberation...

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Jile

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known as a Gile in Afar language, in Somali known as Qolxad, is a type of dagger with a long curved blade used by the Somali and Afar people found in Djibouti...

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Herto Man

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discovered in 1997 from the Upper Herto member of the Bouri Formation in the Afar Triangle, Ethiopia. The remains have been dated as between 154,000 and 160...

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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed

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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (Afar: Qabdulkadir Kamil Macammad, Arabic: عبد القادر كامل محمد; born 1 July 1952) is a Djiboutian politician who has been Prime...

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List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages

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dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member...

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AA

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romanization of Arabic letter alif ⟨ا⟩ Ꜳ, an orthographic ligature Afar language (ISO 639-1 language code aa) Aa (Bengali), a Bengali letter AA, a bra size AA...

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Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front

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characters. The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (Afar: Qafar Uguugumoh Demokrasiyyoh Inkiinoh Fooca; abbreviated ARDUF) is an Afar political party...

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Djibouti City

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Somali and Afar Sultans. During the ensuing period, it served as the capital of French Somaliland and its successor the French Territory of the Afars and Issas...

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Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation

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The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organisation (Afar: Qasa Badih Qafarih Dimokraasih Missoyna; Tigrinya: ዲሞክራሲያዊ ውድብ ዓፋር ቀይሕ ባሕሪ; Arabic: التنظيم الديمقراطي...

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Erta Ale

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world reported in 2019. Erta Ale means "smoking mountain" in the local Afar language and its southernmost pit is known locally as "the gateway to hell"....

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Mahamoud Ali Youssouf

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Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (Afar: Macamud Qali Yuusuf, Somali: Maxamuud Cali Yuusuf, Arabic: محمود علي يوسف; born 2 September 1965) is a Djiboutian diplomat...

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