Afar language

E206181

Afroasiatic language Cushitic language language

The Afar language is a Cushitic language spoken primarily by the Afar people in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Cushitic language ⓘ language ⓘ
autonym	Qafar af ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Oromo ⓘ surface form: Oromo language Saho language ⓘ Somali ⓘ surface form: Somali language
countryStatus	recognized language in Djibouti ⓘ recognized language in Eritrea ⓘ recognized language in Ethiopia ⓘ
glottocode	afar1241 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Saho-Afar ⓘ surface form: Afaraf Qafar language ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	nominative–accusative alignment ⓘ
hasDialects	Afar ⓘ surface form: Aussa Afar Afar ⓘ surface form: Central Afar Afar ⓘ surface form: Northern Afar
hasGender	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ
hasNumberCategory	plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	emphatic consonants ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasTenseAspect	future ⓘ past ⓘ present ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	aa ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	aar ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	aar ⓘ
isSubjectOf	linguistic field studies in Cushitic languages ⓘ
languageBranch	Cushitic ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic
linguisticTypology	head-final language ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup	Afar people ⓘ
region	Horn of Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Djibouti ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Lowland East Cushitic languages ⓘ
usedBy	Afar people ⓘ surface form: Afar diaspora communities
usedFor	literature ⓘ oral communication ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ
writingSystem	Geʽez script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oromo → closelyRelatedTo → Afar language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sidamo language

Saho → closelyRelatedTo → Afar language ⓘ

Saho → sharesFeaturesWith → Afar language ⓘ

Dorra → hasLanguage → Afar language ⓘ

Borana-Arsi-Guji → hasDialect → Afar language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borana dialect

Erta Ale → nameLanguage → Afar language ⓘ

Afar people → languageSpoken → Afar language ⓘ

Qafar → languageSpoken → Afar language ⓘ

Northern Ethiopia → majorLanguage → Afar language ⓘ

Eritrean → languageDiversityContext → Afar language ⓘ

Eritrean lowlands → hasLanguage → Afar language ⓘ

Red Sea Region → hasLanguage → Afar language ⓘ

ssy → closelyRelatedTo → Afar language ⓘ

subject surface form: Saho language

Saho-Afar → neighboringLanguage → Afar language ⓘ

subject surface form: Saho language

Saho-Afar → closelyRelatedTo → Afar language ⓘ

subject surface form: Saho language

Saho language → closelyRelatedTo → Afar language ⓘ

Saho language → hasNeighborLanguage → Afar language ⓘ