Barein language explained

Barein
States:Chad
Region:south central
Speakers:4,100
Date:1993 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Chadic
Fam3:East Chadic
Fam4:East Chadic B
Fam5:Sokoro (B.3)
Iso3:bva
Glotto:bara1406
Glottorefname:Barainic

Barein (also referred to as Baraïn, Barayin, Guilia, Jalkia or Jalkiya) is a Chadic language spoken in south central Chad.

Baraïn is spoken by 6,000 people living in 30 to 40 villages around Melfi in the Guéra region of southern Chad. Its main dialects are not mutually comprehensible, with speakers having to resort to Chadian Arabic in order to communicate with each other.[1]

Writing System

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b d e gi j k l mn ŋ o pr s t u wy

References

Notes and References

  1. The Dialects of Baraïn (East Chadic). Lovestrand. Joseph. SIL Electronic Working Papers. 2011–011. 2011. SIL International. Dallas, Texas. 2019-09-27. 2019-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190927124348/https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/64/76/03/64760386909861995962607775359170618847/silewp2011_011.pdf. live.