Jiiddu language
Jiiddu (also known as Jiddu or Af-Jiiddu) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Jiiddu Tribe of the Digil, a Somali clan inhabiting southern Somalia. It is part of the family's Cushitic branch, and has an estimated 100,000 speakers mainly residing in the Lower Shabeelle, Bay and Middle Jubba regions.[2]
| Jiiddu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Somalia |
| Region | Southwestern (Qoryoley, Kurtunwarey and Sablaale) |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2019)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jii |
| Glottolog | jiid1238 |
Typically classified as part of the Digil group of languages, Jiiddu has a different phonology and sentence structure from Somali. However, it more closely resembles Somali than Baiso. It also possibly shares commonalities with the Hadiyya, Gedeo, Alaba-Kabeena, Konso and Kambaata languages spoken in southern Ethiopia.[3]
There is a dictionary of Jiddu by a native speaker, Dr. Salim Ibro.[4]
Notes
- Jiiddu at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- Ethnologue - Jiiddu language
- Ibro, Salim. 1998. English - Jiddu – Somali Mini-dictionary. Victoria, Australia: LaTrobe University Language Center.[https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/2156/1/English%20Jiddu%20Somali%20Mini-Dictionary_lavorato.pdf online access
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