Jiiddu (also known as Jiddu or Af-Jiiddu) is a Somali language spoken by the Jiiddu sub-clan of the Dir, a Somali clan inhabiting southern Somalia.
It currently has an estimated 34,000 speakers, concentrated in the Lower Shabeelle, Bay and Middle Juba regions.
[1] Typically classified as part of the Digil group of languages, Jiiddu has a different phonology and sentence structure from Somali.
[1] There is a dictionary of Jiddu by a native speaker, Dr. Salim Ibro.
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