Harari
| Harari | ||
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Spoken in |
Ethiopia , Canada , USA | |
| speaker | 21,283 (1998 census) | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in |
 Harar region , Ethiopia
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
sem (other Semitic languages) |
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| ISO 639-3 |
har |
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Harari is a Semitic language spoken by the Aderi in the city of Harar , Ethiopia . That is why the language itself is sometimes called Aderi or Adere .
Since the other inhabitants in the area around Harar all speak Cushitic languages (especially Oromo and Somali ), the people around Harar have still retained their language, but are strongly influenced by these languages. The closest related languages are the Zay and the Silt'e .
The affiliation of the Harari to the Semitic languages was first recognized in the 19th century by Friedrich Müller in Vienna .
literature
- Abdurahman Garad, Ewald Wagner: Harari studies: texts with translation, grammatical sketches and glossary. Wiesbaden 1998, ISBN 3-447-03937-X .
- Simon Gardner, Ralph Siebert: Sociolinguistic survey report of the Zay language area. Wiesbaden 2001. (SIL Electronic Survey Reports; 2002-024). sil.org (PDF; 128 kB)
- Marcel Cohen: Etudes d'éthiopien méridional. Paris 1931, pp. 243-354.
- Wolf Leslau: The verb in Harari (South Ethiopic). Berkeley 1958.
- Wolf Leslau: Etymological dictionary of Harari. Berkeley 1963.
- Wolf Leslau: Ethiopians speak: Studies in cultural background. Part I: Harari. (Near Eastern Studies; 7). Berkeley 1965.
Web links
- Records of Christianity in Harari. Global Recordings
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.ethnologue.com on the Harari language
- ↑ Basic information from the Ethiopian parliament on the Harar region ( memento of the original from September 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 2, 2010.
