Dazaga language

E750298

The Dazaga language is a Saharan language spoken primarily by the Daza (Tebu) people in Chad, Niger, Libya, and surrounding regions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Daza language 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language
Saharan language
language
closelyRelatedTo Kanuri language NERFINISHED
Teda language NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Daza NERFINISHED
Dazaga NERFINISHED
Gorane NERFINISHED
Northern Tebu NERFINISHED
Teda-Daza
hasEthnologueEntry Dazaga NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode daza1246
hasISO639-3Code dzg
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
rich consonant inventory
verb-final word order tendency
vowel length contrast
hasSpeakerCommunity Daza of northern Chad NERFINISHED
Tebu of eastern Niger NERFINISHED
Tebu of southern Libya NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
languageBranch Saharan
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED
minorityLanguageIn Chad NERFINISHED
Libya NERFINISHED
Niger NERFINISHED
region Sahara Desert NERFINISHED
Sahel NERFINISHED
spokenBy Daza people NERFINISHED
Tebu people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Central African Republic NERFINISHED
Chad NERFINISHED
Libya NERFINISHED
Niger NERFINISHED
Nigeria
Sudan
subfamilyOf Saharan languages
usedAs lingua franca in some Saharan areas
usedBy nomadic communities
pastoralist communities
usedIn oral tradition
poetry
songs
storytelling

Referenced by (3)

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

Tebu languages hasPart Dazaga language
Saharan languages majorLanguage Dazaga language
this entity surface form: Daza language
Teda language closelyRelatedTo Dazaga language
this entity surface form: Daza language