Girirra
Girirra is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia.
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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).
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Words in Girirra
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | dad* | |
| name | migi* | |
| eye | il* | |
| ear | dag* | |
| nose | san* | |
| tooth | iliko* | |
| tongue | errab* | |
| hand | gane* | |
| blood | dig* | |
| bone | laf* | |
| skin | kulow* | |
| knee | glib* | |
| breast | nas* | |
| liver | tiraw* | |
| water | bija* | |
| fire | dab* | |
| sun | ari* | |
| star | hidjin* | |
| stone | idin* | |
| mountain | huwada* | |
| tree | ged* | |
| leaf | bal* | |
| night | aben* | |
| dog | ey* | |
| fish | malalay* | |
| louse | idgir* | |
| one | ko* | |
| two | nama* | |
| I | ani* | |
| you | adi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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