Language code: aa

Technical information about ISO 639 language code aa

The table below provides technical details for the Afar language, designated by the aa code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

aa

Name

Official

Afar

Native

Afaraf

Family
Cushitic
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Afar speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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