Saho-Afar languages

Saho-Afar languages

Infobox Language family
name=Saho-Afar
region=Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=Lowland East
child1=Afar
child2=Saho

The Saho-Afar languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

Notes

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_family.asp?subid=91891 Ethnologue entry for Saho-Afar languages]


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