GEX ISO 639-3
Garre
A language of Kenya
- ISO 639
- gex
- Alternate Names
- Garreh, Gurreh
- Population
- 602,000 in Kenya (2019 census). , based on ethnicity. Total users in all countries: 685,600.
- Location:
- Mandera county.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali
- Language Development
- Grammar.
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Bay region: southeast border area; Shabeellaha Hoose region: Qoryoley and Wanla Weyne districts.
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly linguistically similar to Boni [bob].
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Part of the Hawiye clan family. Consider themselves part of the Garreh people in Kenya, though they now speak different languages. Some ethnic Garre in Somalia speak Maay [ymm] as L1. Muslim. View other languages of Somalia
Language Name
Garre
User Population
83,600 in Somalia (2019). Ethnic population: 114,000 (2020 Joshua Project).
Map
Location: Mandera county.
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