Also Known As:
Barein, Baraïn, Guilia, Jalkia
Dialects & Varieties
- Komi/Komiya
- Sakaya/Jalking
- Guilia/Giliya
- Jalkia/Jalkiya
Le baraïn (Tchad) – Language Snapshot
Lovestrand, Joseph. 2020. Le baraïn (Tchad) – Language Snapshot. Language Documentation and Description 19, 154-161. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/216
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Centered in town of Melfi, and thirty of towns in the Guera region of Chad
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Speakers' Attitude
Documentation and description is taking place alongside mother-tongue literacy initiatives from ADPLB, FAPLN, and SIL.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Chadian Arabic, French
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Barayin (or Baraïn) is a Chadic language spoken by about 6000 people in the Guera region of the Repu
Illustrated short story