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Language code: aar

Technical information about ISO 639 language code aar

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The table below provides technical details for the Afar language, designated by the aar code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

aar

Name

Official

Afar

Native

Afaraf

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern AfarCentral AfarSouthern AfarAussa (Qafar)
Related languages
SahoSomaliOromoBilin
Key facts
Member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic familyOrthography is Latin-based and was standardized in 1976Distinguishes long and short vowels, giving ten contrasting vowel phonemesPronouns show singular, dual and plural numberFirst written literature began to appear only in the mid-20th century, the language having been almost exclusively oral before that.
Sample phrase

Salaam, kamá keh?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Afar language, identified by the code aar, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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