Harari is the language of the Harari people of Ethiopia. According to the 1998 Ethiopian census it is spoken by 21283 people. Most of its speakers are multilingual in Amharic and/or Oromo. Harari is closely related to the East Gurage languages Zay and Silt’e. Locals or natives of this city also refer to it as Gey sinan (Language of the City).
ISO 639-3 code
har
family
Semitic languages, South Semitic languages, Ethiopian Semitic languages
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