Zaghawa language
E803591
The Zaghawa language is an Eastern Saharan language spoken primarily by the Zaghawa people of Chad and western Sudan.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Saharan language
ⓘ
Saharan language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Berti language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Eastern Saharan varieties ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Zaghawa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | zagh1240 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Beria language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zaghawa-Beria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAutonym | "Beria" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsonantPhonemes |
ejectives
ⓘ
implosives ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Beria proper
ⓘ
Kube ⓘ Wagi ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ |
| hasVowelSystem | ATR vowel harmony ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | zag ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
minority language
ⓘ
regional language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| nativeSpeakers | "tens of thousands" ⓘ |
| region |
Darfur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Chad ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ western Sudan ⓘ |
| subfamily | Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Eastern Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Zaghawa communities in Chad
ⓘ
Zaghawa communities in Sudan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local trade
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ poetry ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Zaghawa script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.