Birgit

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
btf
Alternate Names
Bergit, Berguid, Birgid
User Population

10,400 (2000).

Location

Salamat region: Aboudéïa and Barh-Azoum departments; Sila region: Djourf al Ahmar department, centered in Abgué; south Batha region.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.1, 2
Dialects

Abgue, Eastern Birgit, Duguri, Agrab.

Language Use

Strong in its central village Abgué, decreasing in Agrab and Tilegeye (Eastern Birgit). Probably strong in Duguri due to geographical isolation.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Birgit
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

All sources since Greenberg list it as a separate language from other Dangla languages. Different from Birked [brk] (Birgit) of Sudan, a Nilo-Saharan language.