Jaya

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
jyy
Alternate Names
Yaya
User Population

2,200 (1993 census).

Location

Guéra region: Guéra department, Bitkine subprefecture.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Sara-Bagirmi, Bagirmi
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 44% with Naba [mne].

Language Use

Shifting to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Jaya