The Saho language is an Cushitic language of Eritrea, spoken in the middle of the country, as well as by a small group across the border in Ethiopia. Their territory is bounded by the bay of Arafali in the east, the Laasi Ghedé valleys in the south, the Abyssinian high plateau to the west (Akkele-Guzai, Shimezana, and Agamé), and Mt. Bizen and the Samhar to the north. It borders Tigre on the west and its close relative Afar on the east. It has four main dialects: Toroa, Assaorta, Minifero, and Irob. It has about 200,000 speakers.
It is so closely related to Afar that some regard them as dialects of a single "Saho-Afar language ".
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