Birgit (also known as Bergit, Birgid, Berguid) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southeastern Chad.[1] Speakers are found in Moubi Goz Canton, Kouka Margni Sub-prefecture and in Moubi Zarga Canton, Mangalmé Sub-prefecture.[2]
| Birgit | |
|---|---|
| Bergit | |
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | Ouaddai, Salamat, Sila, Batha |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2023)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | btf |
| Glottolog | birg1239 |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Birgit at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Oxfam and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).
References
editJungraithmayr, Herrmann. 2004. Das Birgit eine osttschadische SpracheVokabular. In: Gábor Takács (ed.), Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) studies: in memoriam W. Vycichl, 342–371. Leiden: Brill.
Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 2005. Le paradigme verbal en -U dans les langues chamito-sémitiques. In: Antoine Lonnet and Amina Mettouchi (eds.), Les langues chamito-sémitiques (afro-asiatiques), vol. 1, 65–80. Paris: Ophrys.
Marti, Marianne, Calvain Mbernodji, and Katharina Wolf. 2007. L'enquete sociolinguistique des langues Birguit - Kadjakse - Masmedje du Tchad. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2007-018. Dallas: SIL International. Online: https://sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2007-018.
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