Girirra language
| Girirra | |
|---|---|
| Af Girirra | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Elkerre |
| Ethnicity | Girirra people |
Native speakers | <57,000 |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | giri1245 |
Girirra is a Cushitic language of Ethiopia. It has extensive borrowing from Somali.[1]
Phonology
The following are the phonemes found in Girirra:[2]
| Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Alveolar | Post- alveolar (Palato- alveolar) |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ʔ | ||||||||
| Ejective plosive | kʼ | |||||||||||||
| Implosive | ɗ | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||||||||
| Ejective affricate | t͡ʃ' | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | /i/, /iː/ | /u/, /uː/ | |
| Mid | /e/, /eː/ | /o/, /oː/ | |
| Open | /a/, /aː/ |
References
- ^ SILESR2002 061
- ^ 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.)