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language spoken by the Jiiddu Tribe of the Dir, a Somali clan inhabiting southern Somalia. It is part of the family's Cushitic branch, and has an estimated 100,000 speakers mainly residing in the

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and Kambaata languages spoken in southern Ethiopia.Ethnologue - Jiiddu language
/ref> There is a dictionary of Jiddu by a native speaker, Dr. Salim Ibro.Ibro, Salim. 1998. ''English - Jiddu – Somali Mini-dictionary. Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center.
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