Writing System
Afar may be written either with the Latin script or Ge'ez.
Linguists of the Institut des Langues de Djibouti, the Eritrean Ministry of Education and the Ethiopian Afar Language Studies & Enrichment Center are working to develop a standardized written version of Afar in order to facilitate alphabetization of its speakers.
Read more about this topic: Afar Language
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