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 Jiddu Dictionary wrote by Prof. Saalim Aliyow ibrow. The current sultan of Jiddo is called Warsame Alio Ibrow.
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