Baguirmi

E914515

Baguirmi is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad, particularly in the region historically associated with the Baguirmi people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baguirmi canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Baguirmi people ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Nilo-Saharan languages of Central Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Chad ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bagirmi ⓘ
Bagrimi ⓘ
linked to: Gimry

Baguirmian ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Baguirmi language ⓘ
hasGlottocode bagi1247 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Baguirmi ⓘ
hasHistoricalAssociation Sultanate of Bagirmi ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Bagirmi
hasISO6393Code bmi ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
Sara languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Bagirmi Fulfulde ⓘ
Naba ⓘ
Sara ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length distinctions ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ
hasPrimarySpeakerCommunity rural communities in southwestern Chad ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticRole local lingua franca in parts of Baguirmi region ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isMinorityLanguageIn Chad ⓘ
isSpokenAlong Chari River region ⓘ
languageFamily Bongo–Bagirmi ⓘ
Central Sudanic ⓘ
region historical Baguirmi region ⓘ
southwestern Chad ⓘ
spokenBy Baguirmi people ⓘ
spokenIn Central Africa ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
subclassOf Bongo–Bagirmi language ⓘ
Central Sudanic language ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication ⓘ
local trade ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Chari-Baguirmi → namedAfter → Baguirmi ⓘ
subject linked to: Chari-Baguirmi region
Edward Vogel → traveledThrough → Baguirmi ⓘ
Bagirmi → hasAlternativeName → Baguirmi ⓘ
Baguirmi → hasGlottologName → Baguirmi ⓘ
Mbághirmi → hasAlternativeName → Baguirmi ⓘ