Language code: aa
Technical information about ISO 639 language code aa
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The table below provides technical details for the Afar language, designated by the aa code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Afar Native Afaraf |
| Family | Cushitic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Northern AfarCentral AfarSouthern Afar |
| Related languages | SahoSomaliOromoBeja |
| Key facts | Member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic familyWritten with the Latin-based Qafar Feera alphabet standardized in 1976Uses subject-object-verb word order and postpositionsContrasts long and short vowels and includes rare implosive consonantsOral heritage is rich in poetic forms such as gabay and tage. |
| Sample phrase | Salaam, keemih? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Afar is an Afroasiatic language that belongs to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken by the Afar people who inhabit Djibouti, Eritrea, and the Afar region of Ethiopia. It is estimated that there are more than 2 million Afar speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Afar speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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