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.[2][3]
Tunni | |
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Af-Tunni | |
Native to | Somalia |
Region | Lower Shabelle, Middle Juba |
Ethnicity | Tunni Somalis |
Native speakers | 34,000 (2020)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tqq |
Glottolog | tunn1238 |
ELP | Tunni |
Notes edit
- ^ Tunni at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ Tosco, Mauro (1997), Af Tunni: Grammar, texts, and glossary of a southern Somali dialect, Rüdiger Köppe, ISBN 3896450603
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