Harari language

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Harari language is a Semitic language of the Ethiosemitic branch spoken primarily by the Harari people in eastern Ethiopia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Harari language canonical 8

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Ethiosemitic language
Semitic language
belongsToCulturalSphere Harari culture
closelyRelatedTo Eastern Gurage
surface form: Eastern Gurage languages

Silt'e language
surface form: Siltʼe language

Zay language
country Ethiopia
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Adare
Adarinnya
Gey Sinan
hasEthnicPopulation Harari people
hasGlottocode hara1252
hasLinguisticTypology fusional language
hasMorphology root-and-pattern morphology
hasNumberOfSpeakers tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
pharyngeal consonants
tri-consonantal roots
hasScriptDirection left-to-right
hasStatus minority language in Ethiopia
hasWordOrder SOV
historicallyWrittenWith Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Geʽez script
iso639-3Code har
isSpokenByMinority true
languageBranch Semitic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageSubbranch Ethiosemitic languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Amharic
surface form: Amharic language

Arabic
surface form: Arabic language

Oromo
surface form: Oromo language
primaryCity Harar
region Horn of Africa
eastern Ethiopia
sharesFeaturesWith Amharic
surface form: Amharic language

Argobba language
Tigrinya language
spokenBy Harari people
spokenIn Ethiopia
Harari Region
city of Harar
usedAs community language of Harar
usedInReligion Islam in Ethiopia
surface form: Islam in Harar
writingSystem Arabic script
Geʽez script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (8)

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

Ge'ez ancestorOf Harari language
Geez influenced Harari language
subject surface form: Geʽez
Geʽez script usedForLanguage Harari language
Harar Province language Harari language
Asmadin Bari languageOfName Harari language
Gafat language closelyRelatedTo Harari language
Geʽez ancestorOf Harari language
Argobba closelyRelatedTo Harari language