Classification. Afar is classified within the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is further categorized in the Lowland East Cushitic sub-group, along with Saho and Somali. Its closest relative is the Saho language. Geographic distribution. The Afar language is spoken as a mother tongue by the Afar people in Djibouti, Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia.

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Kurdish is absent from Encarta's list of "Languages Spoken by More Than 40 Million People" Official in Irak. Native to Ermenistan, İran, ... Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East Cushitic: Etiyopya, Eritre, Cibuti: 1.4 million (1998 census) 224 Dagbani: Niger-Congo, Gur: National ... Highland Puebla Nahuatl: Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Aztecan ...