Barein

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
bva
Alternate Names
Baraïn
Autonym
Barayin
User Population

4,100 (1993 census).

Location

Guéra region: Bahr Signaka department, Melfi subprefecture, west (Jalkia dialect), south, southwest (Komi dialect), and east of Melfi (Sakaya dialect).

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.3
Dialects

Jalkia (Jalkiya, Jalkiyaŋ), Guilia (Giliya), Sakaya (Dagne, Jalking, Jelkin), Komi (Komiya). Lexical similarity: 92% between the Jalkia dialect and the Guilia dialect, 70% between the Sakaya dialect and both Jalkia and Guilia.

Language Use

Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 20%–60%. Preschool literacy classes. Taught as subject in some primary schools. Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Barein
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Muslim.