Afar Language Facts
The Afar language has approximately 1.5 million speakers and is spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. However, the literacy rate for Afar is very low, with only 1-3 in every 100 speakers actually able to read and write in the language.
Afar is recognized as 1 of the 9 national languages of Eritrea, but Tigrinya and Arabic are of greater official usage.