Girirra language

Girirra
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	El Kene
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Cushitic Omo-Tana/Macro-Somali (Sam)? Girirra
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`giri1245`^[1]

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

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Girirra". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑

Daniel Tsehay Belay. 2013. Grammatical Description and Documentation of Girirra Language: A Lowland East Cushitic Language of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa University. PhD Thesis. (in progress)

Cushitic languages

Beja

Beja

Agaw

Highland East

Lowland East

Saho–Afar	Afar Saho

Oromoid	Borana Eastern Oromo Orma Oromo Waata

Konsoid	Bussa Dirasha Gato Konso Mashile Turo

(West) Omo–Tana	Arbore Daasanach El Molo

Rendille–Boni	Baiso Boni Rendille

Somali	Dabarre Garre Jiiddu Maay Somali Ashraf Benadiri Tunni

Other	Boon Dahalo Girirra Ongota Yaaku

Dullay

South

Italics indicate extinct languages

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