Harari people

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The Harari people are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group native to the historic walled city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia, known for their distinctive urban culture, Islamic scholarship, and rich architectural and artistic traditions.

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Harari people canonical 28

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic-speaking people
ethnic group
associatedLanguageContact Amharic language
Oromo language
linked to: Oromo
associatedWith Old Town of Harar Jugol
linked to: Harar
centerOfPopulation walled city of Harar
linked to: Harar
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
countrySubdivision Harari Region
culturalHeritage Harari basketry
Harari city gates
Harari city walls
Harari interior house decoration
Harari manuscript tradition
culturalRegion Hararghe
ethnonym Harari
historicalRole center of Islamic learning in Ethiopia
urban Muslim community in the Horn of Africa
knownFor Islamic scholarship
architectural traditions
artistic traditions
distinctive urban culture
language Harari language
languageBranch Ethiopian Semitic languages
languageFamily Semitic languages
majorReligion Sunni Islam
minorityStatus smallest regional state population in Ethiopia
nativeTo Harar
eastern Ethiopia
partOf Ethiopian peoples
recognizedAs regional state people in Ethiopia
relatedEthnicGroup Amhara people
Argobba people
Gurage people
Tigrayans
religion Islam
traditionalEconomy craft production
urban trade
traditionalHouseType Harari house
traditionalReligionEducation Quranic schools
traditionalReligionInstitution mosque-based scholarship
traditionalSettlementType walled city
UNESCOContext Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
linked to: Harar Jugol
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Geʽez script

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Harar Province ethnicGroups Harari people
Asmadin Bari associatedWith Harari people
Harari spokenBy Harari people
Harari ethnicGroupUsers Harari people
Harari language spokenBy Harari people
Harari language hasEthnicPopulation Harari people
Semitic peoples hasModernSubgroup Harari people
Gurage people relatedEthnicGroup Harari people
Hararghe includesEthnicGroup Harari people
Eastern Ethiopia hasEthnicGroup Harari people
subject linked to: eastern Ethiopia
Emirate of Harar hasEthnicBase Harari people
Jugol associatedWith Harari people
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town associatedWithEthnicGroup Harari people
Harari culture practicedBy Harari people
Gey Sinan refersTo Harari people
Gey Sinan alternativeNameOf Harari people
Gey Sinan usedBy Harari people
Harar associatedEthnicGroup Harari people
subject linked to: Gey Sinan
Harari language spokenBy Harari people
subject linked to: Gey Sinan
Ethiopians ethnicGroup Harari people
Hararghe Oromo neighboringGroup Harari people
Harari Region ethnicallyDistinct Harari people
Harari Region hasEthnicGroup Harari people
Adarinnya associatedWithEthnicGroup Harari people
Silt'e people relatedEthnicGroup Harari people
Gafat people relatedEthnicGroups Harari people