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ISO 639-3 · bbzbbz
Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages family · creole or pidgin
Babalia Creole Arabic
Babalia Creole Arabic is a creole or pidgin of the Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages branch, spoken in Chad. Wikidata counts about 3,900 speakers (1993). Wikidata describes it as “creolized form of Chadian Arabic spoken by the Babalia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bbz- Glottocode
baba1273- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 6 language editions
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—second-language speakers
1countries
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1levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Babalia Creole Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Babalia Arabic |
| All speakers | 3,900 (1993) |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Arabic-based pidgin and creole languages to Babalia Creole Arabic
The branches above Babalia Creole Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Chad
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · DevelopingsagSangoNiger–Congo · 500,0001 · NationalankGoemaiAfroasiatic · 347,0056b · Threatened