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Afar people
Qafara عفر | |
|---|---|
 An Afar man in nomadic attire, 1950 | |
| Total population | |
| 3,350,000 (2019–2022)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Horn of Africa | |
 Ethiopia | 2,700,000 (2022)[1] |
 Djibouti | 342,000 (2019)[1] |
 Eritrea | 304,000 (2022)[2] |
| Languages | |
| Afar | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Saho, Somalis, Beja, and other Cushitic peoples[3] | |
The Afar (Afar: Qafár), also known as the Danakil, Adali and Odali, are a Cushitic ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa.[4] They primarily live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti, as well as the entire southern coast of Eritrea. The Afar speak the Afar language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family.[4] Afars are the only inhabitants of the Horn of Africa whose traditional territories border both the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.[5]
- ^ a b c "Afar". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Afar". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Joireman, Sandra F. (1997). Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa: The Allocation of Property Rights and Implications for Development. Universal-Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 1581120001.
- ^ a b Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Elsevier. 2010. ISBN 9780080877754. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Fairhead, J. D., and R. W. Girdler. "A discussion on the structure and evolution of the Red Sea and the nature of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and Ethiopia rift junction – The seismicity of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Afar triangle." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences 267.1181 (1970): 49–74.
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