What is Afar language?
{{Infobox language |name=Afar |nativename={{lang|aa|Qafaraf}} |ethnicity=[[Afar people|Afar]] |states=[[Djibouti]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] |region=[[Horn of Africa]] |speakers=1,990,800 |date=2017 |ref=<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/aar|title=Afar|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref> |familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |fam2=[[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]] |fam3=[[Lowland East Cushitic]] |fam4=[[Saho–Afar languages|Saho–Afar]] |script=[[Latin script|Latin]] |minority={{DJI}}<br>{{ERI}}<br>{{ETH}} |iso1=aa |iso2=aar |iso3=aar |notice=IPA |glotto=afar1241 |glottorefname=Afar }} The '''Afar language''' ({{lang-aa|Qafaraf}}) (also known as '''’Afar Af''', '''Afaraf''', '''Qafar af''') is a lowland [[East Cushitic languages|East Cushitic]] language spoken by the [[Afar people]] in [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]] and [[Djibouti]]. It is thought to have 1.5 million speakers. Its most similar language is the [[Saho language]].<ref>Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World''. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{stub}} [[Category:Cushitic languages]] [[Category:Languages of Djibouti]] [[Category:Languages of Eritrea]] [[Category:Languages of Ethiopia]]