Editing Afar language (section)

{{redirect|Qafar|the village in Iran|Qafar, Iran}}
{{Short description|Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Afar
| nativename       = {{lang|aa|Qafar af}}
| ethnicity        = [[Afar people|Afar]]
| states           = [[Djibouti]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]]
| region           = [[Horn of Africa]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|2.603000|2}} million
| date             = 2019–2022
| ref              = e27
| familycolor      = Afroasiatic
| fam2             = [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]
| fam3             = [[East Cushitic languages|East]]
| fam4             = [[Lowland East Cushitic languages|Lowland]]
| fam5             = [[Saho–Afar languages|Saho–Afar]]
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]]
| dialects         = Aussa <br /> Ba'adu <br /> Central Afar <br /> Northern Afar
| minority         = {{DJI}}<br>{{ERI}}
| iso1             = aa
| iso2             = aar
| iso3             = aar
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = afar1241
| glottorefname    = Afar
| nation           = {{ETH}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|aa|ʕʌfʌɾʌf|}}
}}

'''<span lang="Afar" dir="ltr">Afar</span>''' ({{langx|aa|Qafaraf|links=no}}; also known as '''’Afar af''', '''Afaraf''', '''Qafar af''') is an [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] language belonging to the [[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]] branch. It is spoken by the [[Afar people]] inhabiting [[Djibouti]], [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]].