Garre language
Garre (also known as Af-Garre) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Garre people inhabiting southern Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It belongs to the family's Cushitic branch, and had an estimated 50,000 speakers in Somalia in 1992, 57,500 in 2006 and 83,600 in 2019. The total number of speakers in Kenya and Somalia was estimated at 685,600 in 2019. Garre is in the Digil classification of Somali dialects. Garre language is readily intelligible to Digil speakers, as it has some affinity with Af-Maay and Af-Boon.
| Garre | |
|---|---|
| Af-Garre (Mahaw) | |
| اف الخرّيي | |
| Native to | Kenya, Somalia |
| Region | Mandera, Bay region, Lower Shabelle |
| Ethnicity | Garre Somalis |
Native speakers | 690,000 (2019) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gex |
| Glottolog | garr1259 |
| ELP | Garre |
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