Girirra language
| Girirra | |
|---|---|
| Af Girirra | |
| Native to | Ethiopia | 
| Region | Af-Dheer Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia | 
| Ethnicity | Girirra, Somali | 
| Native speakers | 50,000 (2007) | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gii | 
| Glottolog | giri1245 | 
Girirra also called Gariire is a Cushitic language of Ethiopia. It has extensive borrowing from Somali. 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).