Afar language

Afar
Qafar af
Native to	Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Region	Horn of Africa
Ethnicity	Afar
Native speakers	2.6 million (2019–2020)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Saho–Afar Afar
Dialects	Aussa Ba'adu Central Afar Northern Afar
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Ethiopia
Recognised minority language in	Djibouti  Eritrea
Language codes
ISO 639-1	aa
ISO 639-2	aar
ISO 639-3	aar
Glottolog	afar1241
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Afar (Afar: Qafaraf; also known as ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken by the Afar people inhabiting Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia.