Harari language

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Harari language is a Semitic language of the Ethiosemitic branch spoken primarily by the Harari people in eastern Ethiopia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Harari language canonical 17

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Ethiosemitic language
Semitic language
belongsToCulturalSphere Harari culture
closelyRelatedTo Eastern Gurage languages
linked to: Eastern Gurage

Siltʼe language
linked to: Silt'e language

Zay language
country Ethiopia
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Adare
Adarinnya
Gey Sinan
hasEthnicPopulation Harari people
hasGlottocode hara1252
hasLinguisticTypology fusional language
hasMorphology root-and-pattern morphology
hasNumberOfSpeakers tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
pharyngeal consonants
tri-consonantal roots
hasScriptDirection left-to-right
hasStatus minority language in Ethiopia
hasWordOrder SOV
historicallyWrittenWith Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Geʽez script
iso639-3Code har
isSpokenByMinority true
languageBranch Semitic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageSubbranch Ethiosemitic languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Amharic language
linked to: Amharic

Arabic language
linked to: Arabic

Oromo language
linked to: Oromo
primaryCity Harar
region Horn of Africa
eastern Ethiopia
sharesFeaturesWith Amharic language
linked to: Amharic

Argobba language
Tigrinya language
spokenBy Harari people
spokenIn Ethiopia
Harari Region
city of Harar
usedAs community language of Harar
usedInReligion Islam in Harar
linked to: Islam in Ethiopia
writingSystem Arabic script
Geʽez script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ge'ez ancestorOf Harari language
Geʽez influenced Harari language
subject linked to: Geez
Geʽez script usedForLanguage Harari language
Harar Province language Harari language
Asmadin Bari languageOfName Harari language
Gafat language closelyRelatedTo Harari language
Geʽez ancestorOf Harari language
Argobba closelyRelatedTo Harari language
Eastern Ethiopia hasLanguage Harari language
subject linked to: eastern Ethiopia
Harari people language Harari language
Jugol languageUsed Harari language
Harari culture language Harari language
Gey Sinan languageOfOrigin Harari language
Harari people language Harari language
subject linked to: Gey Sinan
Adarinnya alternativeNameOf Harari language
Gafat closelyRelatedTo Harari language
Gafatigna closelyRelatedTo Harari language