Sinyar

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Shamya, Shamyan, Shemya, Sinya, Symiarta, Taar Shamyan, Zimirra
User Population

12,300 (2000).

Location

Ouaddaï region; Sila region: near confluence of Azum, Kaja, and Salih rivers.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Sinyar
Language Use

Vigorous. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Most also use Fur [fvr]. Also use Dar Daju Daju [djc]. Also use Masalit [mls].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sinyar
Other Comments

They are culturally Fur. Little education. Geographically cut off from languages of the Bongo-Bagirmi group. Possibly no remaining speakers in Sudan (2001). Muslim.