Talk:Afar language

message: I don't really like having a specifically christian language sample, considering that the article on Afar_people claims Afars are muslims. A muslim text would be better, but I'd much prefer to see a non-religious text. Any input?  --81.233.90.182 20:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I fully agree. I think a short text from Didier (1997) would be very appropriate. For starters, I have pulled out the current example, the source of which is unclear apparently. — mark ✎ 07:15, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a good idea, so you've got my support for putting it in there (I don't have any sources or knowledge myself, I only happened to stumble upon this issue by chance)  --81.233.90.182 20:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have acces to some linguistic and ethnological sources on Afar, so I will try to fix it. — mark ✎ 17:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Christian language sample?

message: I if it is says “standard orthography" it is not correct to use the "c" for ʕ, "x" for  ħ, and ”dh” for ɖ, because that is the Somali orthography. As Yom corrected it in the language name, the Afar orthography uses “q” for ʕ, and furthermore “c” for ħ (!) and “x” for  ɖ. For reference see “Hayward and Parker. 1985. An Afar-English-French Dictionary”. So if I think that should be corrected in the consonant chart. Driss 11:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that information. I knew that something was wrong with that table (it was pure Somali alphabet!). I remember reading an article saying that Afar chose unique orthography purposefully to distinguish it from Somali (and Oromo). I'll correct the data on the article if you haven't done so already. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 17:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, I saw it. I just discovered it in the refrence list. But Hayward should be added as author. Driss 22:23, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Orthography

message: If you are a native speaker of Afar then you can help translate this template into your own language:
 
--Amazonien (talk) 21:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Afar language template

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I feel like this article severely lacks information on the grammar of Afar. All it says is a single sentence about its word order. Given how it is spoken by nearly 2 million people (as of 5 years ago), I think the article would benefit from a substantial increase in information about grammar. Duckman Country (talk) 02:19, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: For this, someone would have to go through Bliese's grammar to pull out the relevant facts. LandLing 18:28, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar