Garre

GEX

vigorous

Alternate Names: Af-Garre

Dialects: None known. Reportedly linguistically similar to Boni ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Cushitic
East
Somali

Demographics: 57,500 (2006). Ethnic population: 100,000 (1992).

Language Use: Also use Maay [ymm].

Nation of Origin: Somalia

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 , as L1. Muslim.