Arabic, Babalia Creole
A language of Chad
| Population | 3,940 (1993 census). |
| Region | West, Chari Baguirmi Prefecture, N’Djamena Subprefecture. North of Djermaya and between Karal and Tourba. Possibly in Bokoro Subprefecture, Ngoura area. 23 villages. |
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Southwestern Chad, reference number 28 |
| Alternate names | Babalia, Babaliya, Bubalia |
| Dialects | A creole developed from Chadian Arabic [shu] (90% of the vocabulary) and Berakou [bxv] (10%; Decobert). Babalia shares structural similarities with Juba Arabic [pga]. There is a post-creole continuum from Chadian Arabic [shu] to the Bagirmian basilect [bmi]. |
| Classification | Creole, Arabic based A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia). |
| Comments | ‘Babalia’ is the ethnic group whose original language was Berakou [bxv]. Muslim. |
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