Aari language

Aari
አፋን፡ኣሪ፡ (Áfan Ārí)
Native toEthiopia
Regionnorth central Omo Region
EthnicityAari
Native speakers
290,000 (2007)[1]
Dialects
  • Bako
  • Biyo
  • Laydo
  • Seyki
  • Sido
  • Zeddo
  • Shangama
  • Wubahamer
Geʽez, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3aiw
Glottologaari1239

Aari (also rendered Ari, Ara, Aro, Aarai) is an Omotic language spoken by the Aari people in the South Omo Zone of Ethiopia.

Dialects are Bako, Biyo (Biya), Laydo, Seyki, Shangama, Sido, Wubahamer, Zeddo.

  1. ^ Aari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon