Harari people

Harari
ሀረሪ
A group of Hararis at a wedding dressed in cultural attire in Harar
Total population
estimated 200,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Ethiopia50,000-70,000 (Using 2021 Election Data and 2017 Census Projections)[2]
Languages
Harari
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
ArgobbaAmharaGurageTigrayansTigrinyaSiltʼeZay • other Habesha peoples[3]

The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of this ethnic group traditionally reside in the walled city of Harar, simply called Gēy "the City" in Harari, situated in the Harari Region of eastern Ethiopia. They speak the Harari language, a member of the South Ethiopic grouping within the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic languages.

  1. ^ Lovise, Alean (22 June 2011). The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia. BRILL. p. 154. ISBN 978-9004207295. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Harari RC Election Results Final - sep 30th.PDF".
  3. ^ Joireman, Sandra F. (1997). Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa: The Allocation of Property Rights and Implications for Development. Universal-Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 1581120001. The Horn of Africa encompasses the countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. These countries share similar peoples, languages, and geographical endowments.

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