Garre language
| Garre | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Somalia |
| Region | southern |
| Ethnicity | Somali (Rahanweyn) |
Native speakers | 58,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gex |
| Glottolog | garr1259 |
| ELP | Garre |
Garre (also known as Af-Garre) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Garre people inhabiting southern Somalia, Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and west central Chad. It belongs to the family's Cushitic branch, and has an estimated 57,500 speakers. Garre has similarities with the Aweer language (Boni).[2][3][4] However, its speakers are physically and culturally distinct from the Aweer people.[5]
Notes
- ^ Garre at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ Ethnologue - Garre language
- ^ Tosco, Mauro (1994). "The Historical Reconstruction of a Southern Somali Dialect: Proto-Karre-Boni". Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika. 15: 153–209.
- ^ Ethnologue - Aweer language
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