Baguirmi

E914515

Baguirmi is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad, particularly in the region historically associated with the Baguirmi people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baguirmi canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language
language
natural language
associatedWithEthnicGroup Baguirmi people
belongsToMacroArea Nilo-Saharan languages of Central Africa
continent Africa
country Chad
hasAlternativeName Bagirmi
Bagrimi
linked to: Gimry

Baguirmian
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable
hasEthnologueEntry Baguirmi language
hasGlottocode bagi1247
hasGlottologName Baguirmi
hasHistoricalAssociation Sultanate of Bagirmi
linked to: Kingdom of Bagirmi
hasISO6393Code bmi
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
French
Sara languages
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
tonal language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNeighboringLanguage Bagirmi Fulfulde
Naba
Sara
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length distinctions
contrastive tone
hasPrimarySpeakerCommunity rural communities in southwestern Chad
hasSociolinguisticRole local lingua franca in parts of Baguirmi region
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMinorityLanguageIn Chad
isSpokenAlong Chari River region
languageFamily Bongo–Bagirmi
Central Sudanic
region historical Baguirmi region
southwestern Chad
spokenBy Baguirmi people
spokenIn Central Africa
Chad
subclassOf Bongo–Bagirmi language
Central Sudanic language
Nilo-Saharan language
usedIn everyday communication
local trade

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Chari-Baguirmi namedAfter Baguirmi
subject linked to: Chari-Baguirmi region
Edward Vogel traveledThrough Baguirmi
Bagirmi hasAlternativeName Baguirmi
Baguirmi hasGlottologName Baguirmi
Mbághirmi hasAlternativeName Baguirmi