Tunni language

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Tunni
Af-Tunni
Native to Somalia
Region Lower Shabelle, Middle Juba
Ethnicity Tunni Somalis
Native speakers
34,000 (2020) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tqq
Glottolog tunn1238
ELP 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. [2] [3]

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Phonology

Just like in in other Somali varieties, Tunni is a tonal accent language, in which tone is determined primarily morphosyntactically. [4]

Differences from somali include

  1. Short /ɛ/ to /i/
  2. /ħ/ to /ʔ/
  3. /d(ː)/ to /j(ː)/ before long /ɛː/

Vocabulary

Numerals

The tunni numerals are [5]

1. ków21.  labaatón i ków *
2. lámma22.  labaatón i lámma
3. síddiʔ23.  labaatón i síddiʔ
4. áfar24.  labaatón i áfar
5. ʃán25.  labaatón i ʃán
6. líʔ26.  labaatón i líʔ
7. toddóbo27.  labaatón i toddóbo
8. siyéed28.  labaatón i siyéed
9. saɡáal29.  labaatón i saɡáal
10. tómon30.  sóddon
11. tómon i ków  *40.  áffartón
12. tómon i lámma50.  kóntón
13. tómon i síddiʔ60.  lihdón
14. tómon i áfar70.  toddobátan
15. tómon i ʃán80.  siyyéetan
16. tómon i líʔ90.  saɡáaʃan
17. tómon i toddóbo100. boqol
18. tómon i siyéed200.
19. tómon i saɡáal1000. kún
20. labaatón2000.

Notes

  1. ↑ Tunni at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  3. ↑ Tosco, Mauro (1997), Af Tunni: Grammar, texts, and glossary of a southern Somali dialect, Rüdiger Köppe, ISBN   3896450603
  4. ↑ "Rüdiger Köppe Verlag - African Studies / Africanistics, Cultural and Legal Anthropology, History of Christian Missions, and Sociology | Publication Details". www.koeppe.de. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  5. ↑ "Tunni". lingweb.eva.mpg.de. Archived from the original on 2024-08-16. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

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