Afro-Asiatic family
Afar
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Afar (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Cushitic → Proto-East Cushitic → Afar.
See Afar on the interactive map- Speakers
- 2M (2,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- aar
- Glottocode
- afar1241
Lowland East Cushitic language of the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti, closely related to Saho.
Lineage
- Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
- Proto-Cushiticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-East Cushiticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Afarc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-East Cushitic.