Bagirmi languages

Bagirmi
Geographic distribution:	Chad
Linguistic classification:	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Bagirmi

Glottolog:	`bagi1248`^[1]

The Bagirmi languages comprise half a dozen languages spoken in southern Chad. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family.

The most populous Bagirmi language is Naba, spoken by the Bilala, Kuka, and Medogo, who together number a quarter million. The languages are:

Barma (Bagirmi proper), Naba, Kenga, Fer, Beraku, Disa

Ethnologue lists a couple more (Jaya, Morom) between Kenga and Naba, and Gula (Sara Gula) further south, next to Sar.

Footnotes

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bagirmic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Central Sudanic languages

Bongo–Bagirmi

Bongo–Baka	Baka Bongo Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

Kara	Furu Tar Gula Yulu

Bagirmi	Barma Beraku Disa Fer Gula Jaya Kenga Morom Naba

Sara	Dagba Doba Gulay Horo Kabba of Gore Laka Mbay Nar Ngam Ngambay Sar

Kaba	Kaba Deme Kaba Na Kulfa

Vale	Ruto Vale

Other	Birri Fongoro Sinyar Yulu

Lendu
Ngiti

Moru–Madi

Moru

Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi

Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Other

Mimi of Decorse

Italics indicate extinct languages

References

Roger Blench

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