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.Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.Tosco, Mauro (1997), Af Tunni: Grammar, texts, and glossary of a southern Somali dialect, Rüdiger Köppe,
Phonology Just like in other Somali varieties, Tunni is a tonal accent language, in which tone is determined primarily morphosyntactically.
Differences from somali include
Short /ɛ/ to /i/ /ħ/ to /ʔ/ /d(ː)/ to /j(ː)/ before long /ɛː/
Vocabulary
Numerals The tunni numerals are 1. ków21. labaatón i ków *2. lámma22. labaatón i lámma3. síddiʔ23. labaatón i síddiʔ4. áfar24. labaatón i áfar5. ʃán25. labaatón i ʃán6. líʔ26. labaatón i líʔ7. toddóbo27. labaatón i toddóbo8. siyéed28. labaatón i siyéed9. saɡáal29. labaatón i saɡáal10. tómon30. sóddon11. tómon i ków *40. áffartón12. tómon i lámma50. kóntón13. tómon i síddiʔ60. lihdón14. tómon i áfar70. toddobátan15. tómon i ʃán80. siyyéetan16. tómon i líʔ90. saɡáaʃan17. tómon i toddóbo100. boqol18. tómon i siyéed200.19. tómon i saɡáal1000. kún20. labaatón2000.
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