Garre
A language of Somalia
| Population | 57,500 (2006). Ethnic population: Possibly several hundred thousand (1992). |
| Region | Mostly south, especially Wanle Weyn-Buur Hakaba; Baydhaba, Dhiinsoor, Buurhakaba, and Qoryooley districts; Middle and Lower Shabeelle and Bay regions. |
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Somalia |
| Alternate names | Af-Garre |
| Dialects | Reportedly linguistically similar to Boni [bob]. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali |
| 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. |
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