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Garre

Garre is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Somalia. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Garre · 2.3°N 44.7°E

Garre (also known as Af-Garre) is a Somali language spoken by the Garre who reside in southern Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It belongs to the family's Cushitic branch, and had an estimated 50,000 speakers in Somalia in 1992, 57,500 in 2006 and 86,000 in 2020. The total number of speakers in Kenya and Somalia was estimated at 685,600 in 2019. Garre is in the Digil classification of Somali dialects. Garre language is readily intelligible to Digil speakers, as it has some affinity with Af-Maay and Af-Boon.

From Wikipedia · Garre language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Binadam kuligiis wahaa dhaladiyaaw usu oo xur ay , waxa kala simanyahaa dide kala. Ebehaay ayaa siiye (ilahay) elme iyo wahbarasha wana in ay iskala noolaadiin si walaalnima ay

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Garre

MeaningWordRomanization
personlan*
namema7ag*
eyeil*
eardig*
nosesan*
toothiloh*
tonguearrob*
handka7an*
blooddig*
bonelaf*
skinmaqar*
kneeSilib*
breasthadab*
liverber*
waterbihi*
fireteb*
sunorah*
starhidah*
stoneSid*
mountainbur*
treeked*
leafhamal*
nighthabin*
dogoy*
fishmalalay*
louseiSSir*
onekow*
twolamma*
Iana*
youidi*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

JiidduChimwiiniMaayTunniDabarreBoonSomaliGirirraAweerIlwana

Elsewhere

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