Dazaga

E778718

Dazaga is a Saharan language spoken primarily by the Daza (Gorane) people across parts of Chad, Niger, Libya, and Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dazaga canonical 5
Dzadzi 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
Saharan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Daza ⓘ
Gorane ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kanuri ⓘ
linked to: Kanuri people

Teda ⓘ
countryWithSignificantSpeakers Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnologueCode dzg ⓘ
glottologCode daza1246 ⓘ
glottologName Dazaga ⓘ
hasDialect Bilia dialect ⓘ
Kaga dialect ⓘ
Kebabi dialect ⓘ
Kreda dialect ⓘ
hasMorphology agglutinative tendencies ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
ISO639-3Code dzg ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
Saharan ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
majorityCountry Chad ⓘ
minorityLanguageIn Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
region Sahara Desert ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
spokenBy Daza people ⓘ
Gorane people ⓘ
spokenIn Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
subfamilyOf Western Saharan languages ⓘ
linked to: Saharan languages
typologicalFeature SOV word order tendency ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
pastoralist activities ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gorane → language → Dazaga ⓘ
Jaji → hasAlternativeName → Dzadzi ⓘ
linked to: Dazaga
Zazai → ethnonymVariant → Dzadzi ⓘ
linked to: Dazaga
Dazaga → glottologName → Dazaga ⓘ
Tedaga → closelyRelatedTo → Dazaga ⓘ