Aari is a South Omotic language spoken in the North Omo zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' region of southern Ethiopia. In 2007 there were about 298,300 speakers of Aari, which is also known as Aarai, Ara, Ari or Aro.
Dialects of Aari include Bako, Biyo, Laydo, Seyki, Shangama, Sido, Wubahamer and Zeddo. It is written with the Ethiopic script or the Latin alphabet, although few Aari speakers are literate in their language.
ኘ (ñ) and ዐ (‛) are only used in loanwords from Bench
Ny is only used in loanwords from Bench.
Download alphabet charts for Aari (Excel)
Details of the Aari alphabet (PDF) provided by Wolfram Siegel
ተ ዬተ ኮይን ምክስኬቴ, ርኬግር ዶቅዳብ ዎንት ባቤኖ ጨል ናሞሀንት ዴጸኒ. ባምሆንቴሬ ኮ ሃደኔ. ከዘሀንት ርኬግር ኮ ዎንምድምሽ ኮይኔሬ ፔጩዘን ኮ ዎንመኔ. ከነ ዎም ዝከሰድንደ እሥምነም ዎን እምከዮ. ቃቴሪ ዎም ደቀልስዴድንቴን ኔገኔ ዎ ጋድምሽ ደቀልስዎንተም ኔየኔ ዎን ጋከዮ. ዎም ጎሄርዕድንደ ጲጽ ዞኖንት ሃደይምሽ ዎም ዾይከዮ. ደቅል ሬይግረንኬፊ ዎም ደቅሸከዮ.
Ta yeta koyn mkskete, rkegr dokʼdāb wont bābeno čʼal nāmohant decʼani. Bāmhontere ko hādane. Kazahant rkegr ko wonmdmš koynere pečʼuzan ko wonmane. Kana wom zkasadnda šmnam won mkayo. Kʼāteri wom dakʼalsdednten negane wo gādmš dakʼalswontam neyane won gākayo. Wom goher‘dnda pʼicʼ zonont hādaymš wom dʼoykayo. Dakʼl reygrankefi wom dakʼšakayo.
Details provided by Michael Peter Füstumum
Information about Aari | Numbers
Information about Aari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aari_language
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aari_(Sprache)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aari_(langue)
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/aiw
Aari, Bambassi, Bench, Dizin, Hamer(-Banna), Kafa, Sheko, Wolaytta
Aari, Amharic, Argobba, Awngi, Bench, Blin, Chaha, Dizin, Ge'ez, Gumuz, Hamer(-Banna), Harari, Inor, Sidama, Silt'e, Tigre, Tigrinya, Xamtanga
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 20.11.25
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