Dabarre language

Dabarre
Native to	Somalia
Ethnicity	Somali (Rahanweyn)
Native speakers	23,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Somali Digil Dabarre
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`dbr`
Glottolog	`daba1260`^[2]

Dabarre (also known as Af-Dabarre) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Dabarre and Iroole Digil (Rahanweyn) clans of the Somalis in southern Somalia. It is part of the family's Cushitic branch, and has an estimated 23,000 speakers. Dialects include Dabarre and Iroole (Af-Iroole).^[1]

Notes

1 2 Dabarre at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dabarre". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

References

Languages of Somalia

Official languages	Somali Arabic

Regional languages	Ashraf Bajuni Benadiri Boon Bravanese Dabarre Garre Jiiddu Maay Tunni

Sign languages	Somali Sign Language

Cushitic languages

Beja

Beja

Agaw

Highland East

Lowland East

Saho–Afar	Afar Saho

Oromoid	Borana Eastern Oromo Orma Oromo Waata

Konsoid	Bussa Dirasha Gato Konso Mashile Turo

(West) Omo–Tana	Arbore Daasanach El Molo

Rendille–Boni	Baiso Boni Rendille

Somali	Dabarre Garre Jiiddu Maay Somali Ashraf Benadiri Tunni

Other	Boon Dahalo Girirra Ongota Yaaku

Dullay

South

Italics indicate extinct languages

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