Harari is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken by the Harari people of Ethiopia. According to the 2007 Ethiopian census, it is spoken by 25,810 people. Most of its speakers are multilingual in Amharic and/or Eastern Oromo. Harari is closely related to the Eastern Gurage languages, Zay, and Silt'e, all of whom are linked to the now extinct Semitic Harla language. Locals or natives of Harar refer to it as Gēy Sinan or Gēy Ritma "language of the City" (Gēy is the word for how Harari speakers refer to Harar, whose name is an exonym). Harari was originally written with a version of the Arabic script, then the Ethiopic script was adopted to write the language. Some Harari speakers in diaspora write their language with the Latin alphabet. Vowels /æ, a, e, ai, ɪ, i/ Grammar Nouns Number Wolf Leslau discusses Harari–East Gurage phonology and grammar: The noun has two numbers, Singular and Plural. The affix -ač changes singulars into plurals: abōč, a man; abōčač, men. wandaq, a servant; wandaqač, servants. gar, a house; garač, houses. Nouns ending in a or i become plural without reduplicating this letter: gafa, a slave; gafač, slaves. gubna, a harlot; gubnač, harlots. liğği, a son; liğğač, sons. mäqbärti, a grave; mäqbärtač, graves. /s/ alternates with /z/: färäz, a horse; färäzač, horses. iraaz, toga; iraazač, togas. Gender Masculine nouns may be converted into feminines by three processes. The first changes the terminal vowel into -it, or adds -it to the terminal consonant: rágá, an old man; rágít, an old woman. buchí, male dog; buchít, female dog wasíf, a slave boy; wasífít, a slave girl. Animals of different sexes have different names. and this forms the second process: bárá, an ox; lám, a cow. The third and the most common way of expressing sex is by means of aboch, "male or man," and inistí: woman, "female", corresponding to English " he-" and " she-": aboch faraz, a stallion; inistí faraz, a mare. aboch č̣abar a he mule; inistí č̣abar, a she mule. Pronouns The affixed pronouns or possessives attached to nouns are:-- Singular. 1st Pers. - e, my or mine. : Gár-e, my house. 2nd Pers. - khá, thy or thine. Gár-khá, thy house. 3rd Pers. - zo, or - so, his. Gár-zo, his house. Plural. 1st Pers. - zinya or sinya, our. : Gár-zinya, our house. 2nd Pers. - kho, your. Gár-kho, your house. 3rd Pers.