Harari
Language Information
Harari is spoken in eastern Ethiopia, in the walled city of Harar, and by Harari communities in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.
Harari is an Ethiopic Semitic language with about 20,000 to 30,000 speakers. Harar has been an important center of Islamic learning for centuries, and Harari was traditionally written in the Arabic script; today it is written in the Ge'ez script.
Harari is an Ethiopic Semitic language with about 20,000 to 30,000 speakers. Harar has been an important center of Islamic learning for centuries, and Harari was traditionally written in the Arabic script; today it is written in the Ge'ez script.
- Language Family
- Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic)
- Subgroup
- Semitic
- Branch
- Ethiopic