Jiiddu
A language of Somalia
| Population | 23,000 (2006). |
| Region | Lower Shabeelle Bay and Middle Jubba regions, Qoryooley, Dhiinsoor, Jilib, and Buurhakaba districts. |
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| Alternate names | Af-Jiiddu, Jiddu |
| Dialects | Distinct from Somali [som] and Tunni [tqq], usually grouped under the Digil dialects or languages. Different sentence structure and phonology from Somali. More similar to Somali than to Baiso [bsw]. Some similarities to Konsoid languages and to Gedeo [drs], Alaba-Kabeena [alw], Hadiyya [hdy], and Kambaata [ktb]. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali |
| Language use | Spoken by the Jiiddu clan. Ethnic Jiiddu in Bale Province, Ethiopia speak Oromo as L1. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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