Harari

Harari (ሃራሪ)

Harari is a South Semitic language spoken by about 25,000
people in the Harari region in eastern Ethiopia.

Harari was originally written with a version of the Arabic script,
then the Ethopic script was adopted to write the language. Harari
speakers in Australia write their language with the Latin alphabet.

Ethiopic script for Harari

Harari script and pronunciation

Information about the Ethiopic script for Harari and pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Latin alphabet for Harari

Latin alphabet for Harari

Sample text in Harari (Latin alphabet)

Waldâchzinâw dînziyu wâ sinânziyûw
matlêmadle 1992be qurân gêy kafatnama Gêy
sinânuw amânbe matlêmad nifarkikut lâtîn
harfîbe matlêmad êgalna.

Yîbe amânbe waldâchzina ûga zilahadube, 1999be
bâdbe (Hararbe) hukûmazina sabai harfibe sinânzinâw
maktable murti huluf zâshasa iggnâchum fîtzinâw azzo
garab gargab âshna. Yakhnimâm qâcibe zilêqu
waldâchuw sabai harfîw matlêmad ôrkut tâb
khânama agagnnêw.

Translation

Back in 1992 Harari Language School was established to teach
our children the Harari language. To simplify the process of teaching
we adopted the Latin script and have successfully developed it for
the need of the Harari language.

In 1999, when the Harari Regional Government adopted the Sabean
(Ethiopic) script, we tried to use it here for our students. However
our students found Sabean script very hard to learn.

Source: http://www.saayharari.com

Links

Information about Harari
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harari_language
http://www.saayharari.com
http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/african/harari/harari-character-tables-v2.pdf

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