Afar | |
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Qafar af | |
Native to | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia |
Region | Horn of Africa |
Ethnicity | Afar |
Native speakers | 2.6 million (2019–2022)[1] |
Dialects | Aussa Ba'adu Central Afar Northern Afar |
Latin | |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | aa |
ISO 639-2 | aar |
ISO 639-3 | aar |
Glottolog | afar1241 |
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.