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Aari people
Omotic tribe in southerwestern Ethiopia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aari or Ari are a tribal Omotic people indigenous to Omo Valley of Ethiopia. According to 2007 census there are 289,835 ethnic Aari in Ethiopia, which makes up around 0.29% of the country's total population. Nearly all Aari speak the South Omotic Aari language, though more than half of them are multilingual and can also speak other languages such as Amharic.[1]:ā73ā[2]
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