Afar people

Horner ethnic group who are descendants of Puntites
Intangible ethnic_group Q211720
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Afar people

Summary

Afar people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (970 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Afar was Afar people's native language[3].
  • Afar people's religion is recorded as Sunni Islam[4].
  • Afar people is in the country of Djibouti[5].
  • Afar people is in the country of Eritrea[6].
  • Afar people is in the country of Ethiopia[7].
  • Afar people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[8].
  • Afar people is a type of Horner[9].
  • Afar people is part of Cushitic peoples[10].
  • Afar people's Commons category is recorded as Afar people[11].
  • Afar people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Afar people[12].
  • Afar people has a population of {'amount': '+5000000'}[13].
  • Afar people's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Afar people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Afar people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Afar people's replaces is recorded as ancient Puntite[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Afar people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[8]. It is a type of Horner[9].

Use and Application

Afar people is part of Cushitic peoples[10].

Why It Matters

Afar people ranks in the top 7% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (970 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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