Daju, Dar Sila

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
dau
Alternate Names
Bokorike, Bokoruge, Dadjo, Dajou, Daju, Dar Sila, Shila, Sila, Sula
User Population

63,100 in Chad (2000). Total users in all countries: 70,100.

Location

Salamat region: Barh Azoum department, camps of internally displaced people; Sila region: Goz-Beïda area and east to Sudan border.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Daju, Western Daju
Dialects

None known. Not inherently intelligible with Dar Daju Daju [djc]. Lexical similarity: 74% with Daju [daj] of Darfur (Nyala and Lagowa), 60% with Shatt [shj], 57% with Logorik [liu].

Language Use

Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Daju, Dar Sila
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.

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