Harari people
A group of Hararis at a wedding dressed in cultural attire in Harar | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| estimated 200,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ethiopia | 50,000-70,000 (Using 2021 Election Data and 2017 Census Projections) |
| Languages | |
| Harari | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Argobba • Amhara • Gurage • Tigrayans • Tigrinya • Siltʼe • Zay • other Habesha peoples | |
The Harari people (Harari: ጌ፞ይ ኡሱኣች / ݘٛىيْ أُسُأَڛْ, Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of this ethnic group traditionally reside in the walled city of Harar, simply called Gēy "the City" in Harari, situated in the Harari Region of eastern Ethiopia. They speak the Harari language, a member of the South Ethiopic grouping within the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic languages.