Zaghawa language

Zaghawa
Zaghawa
Beṛia
Native to	Chad, Sudan
Region	northeastern Chad, northwestern Sudan
Ethnicity	Zaghawa, Awlad Mana
Native speakers	450,000 (2019–2022)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Eastern Zaghawa; ; ;
Dialects	Bidayat (Tuba); Wagi (Twer); Kube; Dirong; Guruf; Brogat;
Writing system	Zaghawa alphabet (proposed) ; Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zag
Glottolog	zagh1240
Linguasphere	02-CAA-aa
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Zaghawa is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Zaghawa people of east-central Chad (in the Sahel) and northwestern Sudan (Darfur). The people who speak this language call it Beria, from Beri, the endonym of the Zaghawa people, and a, Zaghawa for "mouth". It has been estimated that there are about 447,400 native speakers of the Zaghawa language, who primarily live in Chad and the Darfur region of Sudan. It is also spoken by a smaller number of speakers in Libya.

^ Zaghawa at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[e27-1] Zaghawa at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

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Zaghawa
Beṛia
Native to	Chad, Sudan
Region	northeastern Chad, northwestern Sudan
Ethnicity	Zaghawa, Awlad Mana
Native speakers	450,000 (2019–2022)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Eastern Zaghawa
Dialects	Bidayat (Tuba) Wagi (Twer) Kube Dirong Guruf Brogat
Writing system	Zaghawa alphabet (proposed) Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`zag`
Glottolog	`zagh1240`
Linguasphere	`02-CAA-aa`
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