Afar Bible

Discover more about the Bible in Afar - and read it for yourself.

About the Afar language

Afar, also known as Adal, Afaraf, Affarigna, Qafar af or ʿAfár af, is a language of Ethiopia.

It has over 1,300,000 users in the Afar, Amhara, and Somali regions: eastern lowlands.

Afar is also the statutory provincial working language in Afar Region (1994, Constitution, Art 47).

Dialects include Northern Afar, Central Afar, Aussa, Baadu (Ba’adu) and it is related to Saho

More about us

Your prayers and support for our work are greatly appreciated. If you would like to find out more about Bible Societies that do projects for Afar speakers then please click here:

You can also find out more by visiting these Bible Societies:
https://www.unitedbiblesocieties.org/society/bible-society-of-ethiopia/
https://www.unitedbiblesocieties.org/

Bible Societies

Get involved

you can get involved in Afar Bible Projects by contributing:
- Translation skills: if you would like to work with us on a project as a Translator please contact bkirimi@biblesocieties.org
-Working for us in another capacity- Please see the jobs listed on your local Bible Society's website
-Donating
-Distributing

Donate

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Contact Us

Bible Society of Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
1252 Addis Ababa
Tel: +251-116 46 35 88/89/92-98
E-mail: bse@biblesocieties.org
Website: http://biblesociety-ethiopia.org/