Girirra language

Girirra also called Gariire is a Cushitic language of Ethiopia. It has extensive borrowing from Somali.^[2] Although not mutually intelligible with Somali, it is estimated that around 70% of the Garirra language is made up of Somali loan words. There has not been many studies on the language itself and is often grouped into a small umbrella of the Macro-Somali language family including relatives like: Rendille, Boni, Bayso, and the two dialects of Somali, being Af-Maay, and Af-Maxaa (Standard Somali).^[3]

Girirra
Af Girirra
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Af-Dheer Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia
Ethnicity	Girirra, Somali
Native speakers	50,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Macro-Somali Girirra
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gii
Glottolog	giri1245

Phonology

The following are the phonemes found in Girirra:^[4]

Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless		t			k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ		ɡ
	glottalic		ɗ	t͡ʃʼ		kʼ
Fricative		f	s	ʃ			h
Nasal		m	n		ɲ
Trill			r
Approximant			l		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, iː		u, uː
Mid	e, eː		o, oː
Open		a, aː