Garre

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A language of Somalia

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Af-Garre
Population

57,500 (2006). Ethnic population: Possibly several hundred thousand (1992).

Location

Mostly south, especially lower Shabelle Region, Wanla Weyne and Qoryoley districts; Bay Region, Bur Hakaba, Dinsor, and Baydoa districts.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali
Dialects

Reportedly linguistically similar to Boni [bob].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Garre
Other Comments

Part of the Hawiye clan family. Consider themselves part of the Garreh people in Kenya, though they now speak different languages. Some ethnic Garre in Somalia speak Maay [ymm] as L1. Muslim.