Languages of Djibouti
See language map.Republic of Djibouti, Jumhouriyya Djibouti, République de Djibouti. Formerly part of Somaliland and French Territory of the Afars and the Issas. 804,000. National or official languages: French, Standard Arabic. Literacy rate: 20%–34% (1996). Immigrant languages: Amharic (1,400), Greek (1,000), Hindi (600), Omani Spoken Arabic (38,900), Tigrigna (600). The number of individual languages listed for Djibouti is 5. Of those, all are living languages.
| Afar | [aar]
99,200 in Djibouti (2006). Red Sea coast.
Alternate names: Afaraf, “Danakil”.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Saho-Afar
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| Arabic, Standard | [arb]
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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| Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken | [acq]
36,000 in Djibouti (2006).
Alternate names: Djibouti Arabic.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
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| French | [fra]
10,200 in Djibouti (2006).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French
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| Somali | [som]
297,000 in Djibouti (2006).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali
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