ISO 639-3 · zagzag
Nilo-Saharan family
Zaghawa
Zaghawa is a language of the Saharan branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Chad and Sudan. Wikidata counts about 274,000 speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “Saharan language spoken in Chad and Sudan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
zag- Glottocode
zagh1240- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Zaghawa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Zaghawa language, Beria, Bera |
| All speakers | 274,000 (2006) |
| Written in | Latin script, Beria Erfe |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Zaghawa
The branches above Zaghawa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Chad
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationmnkMandinkaNiger–Congo · 1.4 m5 · DevelopingfvrFurNilo-Saharan · 746,0005 · DevelopingsagSangoNiger–Congo · 500,0001 · NationalankGoemaiAfroasiatic · 347,0056b · ThreatenedmdeMabaNilo-Saharan · 296,0003 · Wider CommunicationmneNabaNilo-Saharan · 280,0006a · Vigorous