Dazaga

E778718

Dazaga is a Saharan language spoken primarily by the Daza (Gorane) people across parts of Chad, Niger, Libya, and Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dazaga canonical 5
Dzadzi 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language
Saharan language
language
alsoKnownAs Daza
Gorane
closelyRelatedTo Kanuri
linked to: Kanuri people

Teda
countryWithSignificantSpeakers Chad
Libya
Niger
Sudan
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnologueCode dzg
glottologCode daza1246
glottologName Dazaga
hasDialect Bilia dialect
Kaga dialect
Kebabi dialect
Kreda dialect
hasMorphology agglutinative tendencies
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
vowel length contrast
ISO639-3Code dzg
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan
Saharan
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
French
majorityCountry Chad
minorityLanguageIn Libya
Niger
Sudan
region Sahara Desert
Sahel
spokenBy Daza people
Gorane people
spokenIn Chad
Libya
Niger
Sudan
subfamilyOf Western Saharan languages
linked to: Saharan languages
typologicalFeature SOV word order tendency
usedFor daily communication
pastoralist activities
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gorane language Dazaga
Jaji hasAlternativeName Dzadzi
linked to: Dazaga
Zazai ethnonymVariant Dzadzi
linked to: Dazaga
Dazaga glottologName Dazaga
Tedaga closelyRelatedTo Dazaga