Sinyar language

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The Sinyar language is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Sinyar people primarily in parts of Chad and Sudan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sinyar language canonical 3

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language
language
natural language
alternateName Shenir
Sinyar
Sinyar (Sudan)
continent Africa
country Chad
surface form: Republic of Chad

Sudan
surface form: Republic of the Sudan
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Sinyar people
family Central Sudanic languages
surface form: Central Sudanic
hasDialects Sinyar of Sudan
surface form: Sinyar of Chad

Sinyar of Sudan
hasNeighboringLanguages Daju languages
Fur language
Masalit language
ISO639-3 sys
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
linguisticClassification Central Sudanic > Bongo–Bagirmi
primaryUse oral communication
region Darfur region
surface form: Darfur

eastern Chad
spokenIn Chad
Sudan
status minority language
subfamily Bongo–Bagirmi branch
surface form: Bongo–Bagirmi
typologicalFeature SVO word order
tone language
usedBy Sinyar ethnic group
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Sudanic languages hasPart Sinyar language
West Central Sudanic languages hasMember Sinyar language