Girirra language

Girirra is a Cushitic language of Ethiopia. It has extensive borrowing from Somali.[2]

Girirra
Af Girirra
Native toEthiopia
RegionElkerre
EthnicityGirirra people
Native speakers
<57,000
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologgiri1245[1]

Phonology

The following are the phonemes found in Girirra:[3]

Consonant phonemes
  Bilabial Labio-
dental
Alveolar Post-
alveolar

(Palato-
alveolar
)
Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive b    td    kɡ ʔ 
Ejective plosive                  
Implosive       ɗ          
Affricate       d͡ʒ         
Ejective affricate         t͡ʃ'          
Fricative f s ʃ h
Nasal  m    n     ɲ     
Trill        r            
Approximant            j     
Lateral approximant        l          
Vowels
Front Central Back
Close /i/, /iː/ /u/, /uː/
Mid /e/, /eː/ /o/, /oː/
Open /a/, /aː/
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References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Girirra". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. SILESR2002 061
  3. Mekonnen, Hundie Kumbi. 2015. The Grammar of Girirra (A Lowland East Cushitic Language of Ethiopia). (Doctoral dissertation, Addis Ababa University; xxvii+367pp.)

Further reading

  • Mekonnen, Hundie Kumbi. 2015. The Grammar of Girirra (A Lowland East Cushitic Language of Ethiopia). (Doctoral dissertation, Addis Ababa University; xxvii+367pp.)
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