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Tunni language

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Somali language spoken by the Tunni
Tunni
Af-Tunni
Native toSomalia
RegionLower Shabelle, Middle Juba
EthnicityTunni Somalis
Native speakers34,000 (2020)
Language familyAfro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3tqq
Glottologtunn1238
ELPTunni

Tunni (also known as Af-Tunni) is a Somali language spoken by the Tunni who reside in the Lower Shebelle, Middle Juba, Lower Juba and part of Bay regions in southern Somalia. The language is typically classified among the Digil group of Somali languages. Tunni is distinct from Somali, with a different phonology and sentence structure.

Notes

  1. Tunni at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  3. Tosco, Mauro (1997), Af Tunni: Grammar, texts, and glossary of a southern Somali dialect, Rüdiger Köppe, ISBN 3896450603

References

Languages of Somalia
Official languages
Regional languages
Foreign languages
Sign languages
Cushitic languages
Central
North
East
East
Highland
Sidamoid
Hadiyyaic–Kambaataic
Hadiyyaic
Kambaataic
Gedeo–Sidama
Lowland
Omo–Tana
Arboroid
Somaloid
Rendille–Boni
Somali languages/language
Digil
Others
Oromoid
Oromo
Central–East
Central
Eastern
Konsoid
Bussa–Dirasha
Dullay
Saho–Afar
Others
North
South
Rift
East
West
North
Iraqwoid
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages


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