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Harari

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: har

Population	21,300 (1994 census). 2,351 monolinguals. 20,000 in Addis Ababa, outside Harar City (Hetzron 1997:486). Ethnic population: 21,757 (1994 census).
Region	East, walled city of Harar; Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.
Language map	Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, reference number 36
Alternate names	Adare, Adarinnya, Adere, Aderinya, Gey Sinan, Hararri
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Transversal, Harari-East Gurage
Language use	7,766 L2 speakers. Positive attitude.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 81.3%. Dictionary.
Writing system	Ethiopic script.
Comments	SOV. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GARDNER, Simon; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 1994. "Second S. L. L. E. survey of the Zay language area."

GARDNER, Simon; SIEBERT, Ralph, authors. 2001. "Sociolinguistic survey report of the Zay language area."  

UNSETH, Peter, author. 2003. "Surveying bi-consonantal reduplication in Semitic."