Afar
’Afar Af
Afar is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea, by about 1.6 million people.
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Afar, also known as ’Afar af, Qafar af, or عَفَر أَف, 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.
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Written down
Karaamat kee garwa wagittaamal seehada inkih gide akkuk, currik taabuke. Usun kas kee cissi loonuuh, keenik mariiy mara lih toobokinni kasat gexsitam faxximta.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Afar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ina | |
| father | abba | |
| child | awka | |
| man | núm | |
| woman | barra | |
| name | migaq | |
| friend | kataysa | |
| eye | inti | |
| ear | aytí | |
| nose | san | |
| tooth | boddiná | |
| hand | gaba | |
| head | amo | |
| blood | qabal | |
| skin | aráb | |
| knee | gulub | |
| breast | angu | |
| liver | tiro | |
| water | lee | |
| fire | gira | |
| sun | ayro | |
| moon | alsá | |
| star | cutukta | |
| rain | rob | |
| wind | caacay | |
| stone | xaa | |
| mountain | qaléyta | |
| sea | bad | |
| tree | caxa | |
| leaf | dalaa |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · afar1241 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · aar