Afar language learning materials
What is Afar?
The Afar language is an Afroasiatic language spoken by the Afar people in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. The language has 2.5 million native speakers. However there are very few learning materials for Afar learners. We have gathered a list of all the materials here that we could find.
List of Afar resources
Language journals for Afar
Fill in the blanks vocabulary notebook for Afar: https://amzn.to/3B9YbsV
The first resource is our "fill in the blanks" notebook, which is a better option than a blank journal. There are 68 topics and over 2500 words on the left pages in English and you need to write yourself the Afar translations beside the English words on the blank space. The right pages are empty so you can add there relevant content to you about the given topic, for example more vocabulary, grammar notes, dialogues, etc.
Cover of the notebook
Example of the structure of the notebook
Dictionaries
Glosbe online dictionary: https://glosbe.com/en/aa
Applications
Qafar afih Kitaaba: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qafarafihkitooba.qafarafihkitaaba&hl=en&gl=US
Websites
Mastery any language: https://www.masteranylanguage.com/c/r/en/Afar/Resources
Youtube
Jesus Christ film in Afar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN66jzvmajU
How to learn Afar?
How to learn Afar if there are so few resources available? Online self-studying Afar seems very hard with limited resources. We would advise getting our "English-Afar vocabulary notebook" and fill in the blanks and the empty pages with the help of native Afar speakers.
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