Tunni language explained

Tunni
Also Known As:Af-Tunni
States:Somalia
Region:Lower Shabelle, Middle Juba
Ethnicity:Tunni Somalis
Speakers:34,000
Date:2020
Ref:e27
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Cushitic
Fam3:Lowland East
Fam4:Somali
Fam5:Digil
Iso3:tqq
Glotto:tunn1238
Glottorefname:Tunni

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.[1] [2]

Notes and References

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