Girirra language

Girirra
Af Girirra
Native toEthiopia
RegionAf-Dheer Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia
EthnicityGirirra, Somali
Native speakers
50,000 (2007)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gii
Glottologgiri1245

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).