Jiiddu (also known as Jiddu or Af-Jiiddu) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Jiiddu Tribe of the Dir, 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 | |
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| Native to | Somalia |
| Region | Southwestern (Qoryoley, Kurtunwarey and Sablaale) |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2019)[1] |
Language family | |
| 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]
Languages of Somalia | |
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| Dullay | |||||||||||||||
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