Mbághirmi

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Mbághirmi is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in southern Chad by the Bagirmi people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mbághirmi canonical 1
Mbághirmi Bagirmi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language
language
natural language
continent Africa
country Chad
ethnicGroup Bagirmi people NERFINISHED
family Central Sudanic
glottocode bagi1244
hasAlternativeName Bagirmi
Baguirmi
Mbághirmi Bagirmi
linked to: Mbághirmi
hasDialects "several local varieties"
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative features
tonal language
iso639-3 bmi
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan (proposed)
languageStatus minority language in Chad
nativeSpeakers "tens of thousands"
neighboringLanguages Arabic (Chadian Arabic)
linked to: Chadian Arabic

Sara languages
primaryWordOrder SVO
region southern Chad
riskStatus vulnerable
spokenIn Chad
southern Chad
subclassOf Bongo–Bagirmi language
usedBy Bagirmi people NERFINISHED
usedInDomain everyday communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Bagirmi language alternateName Mbághirmi
Mbághirmi hasAlternativeName Mbághirmi Bagirmi
linked to: Mbághirmi