Fulfulde, Bagirmi

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
fui
Alternate Names
Baghirmi Peul, Bagirmi Fula
User Population

24,000 in Chad. Total users in all countries: 180,000.

Location

Chari-Baguirmi region: Baguirmi department, Massenya subprefecture; Hadjer-Lamis region: Dababa department, Bokoro subprefecture, between Bokoro and Massenya.

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian, Fula-Wolof, Fula, Eastern
Dialects

None known. May be similar to Bororo Fulfulde [fuv]; a nomadic group of Mbororo. A member of macrolanguage Fulah [ful].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Fulfulde, Bagirmi
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Spoken by people of Wodaabe lineage; also in northern Niger, northern Cameroon, Central African Republic. Nomadic. Different from Bagirmi [bmi], which is Nilo-Saharan.

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