Dazaga-kara

Dazaga-kara is a language of the Saharan branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Chad and Niger. Wikidata describes it as “Saharan language of eastern Niger and northern Chad”.

3 · Wider CommunicationLatn

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: dzg
Glottocode: daza1242
Family: Nilo-Saharan
EGIDS: 3 Wider Communication
Wikipedia: 19 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

2countries

1scripts

2levels in the tree

3EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Dazaga-kara
Also called	Dazaga language, Daza-kara
Written in	Latin script

Vitality

EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level

family tree

From Nilo-Saharan to Dazaga-kara

The branches above Dazaga-kara, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

160Nilo-Saharanfamily 7SaharanbranchdzgDazaga-karalanguage

where it is spoken

Countries

Chad117 languages in the index Niger18 languages in the index

Also spoken in Chad

araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafe fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · International hauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · Provincial shuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication mnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · Developing fvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · Developing sagSangoNiger–Congo · 500,0001 · National ankGoemaiAfroasiatic · 347,0056b · Threatened mdeMabaNilo-Saharan · 296,0003 · Wider Communication mneNabaNilo-Saharan · 280,0006a · Vigorous

related languages

Other Saharan languages

Saharan

Language	ISO	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
kauKanurikanuri	`kau`	+3	15 m
kncCentral Kanuri	`knc`	+1	9.3 m	3 · Wider Communication
zagZaghawa	`zag`		274,000	6a · Vigorous
tuqTeda	`tuq`	+1	42,500	6a · Vigorous
kblKanembu	`kbl`			3 · Wider Communication
txjTarjumo	`txj`			9 · Second language only

6 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata