Daju, Dar Daju

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Dadjo, Dadju, Dajo, Dajou, Daju, Daju Mongo, Daju Oum Hadjer

Population

34,000 (1993 census).

Location

Guéra Region, Guéra department, Mongo subprefecture, Mongo and Eref area.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Bardangal, Eref, Gadjira. Not inherently intelligible with Dar Sila Daju [dau]. Lexical similarity: 64% with Dar Sila Daju [dau].

Language Use

Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Development

Bible portions: 2008.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Muslim.