Barein
A language of Chad
| Population | 4,100 (1993 census). |
| Region | Guéra region, Bahr Signaka Department, Melfi Subprefecture, west (Jalkia), south, southwest (Komi), and east (Sakaya) of Melfi. |
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Southwestern Chad, reference number 63 |
| Alternate names | Baraïn, Guilia, Jalkia |
| Dialects | Jalkia, Guilia, Sakaya (Dagne, Jelkin), Komi. Lexical similarity: 92% between the Jalkia dialect and the Guilia dialect, 70% between the Sakaya dialect and both Jalkia and Guilia. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.3 |
| Language use | Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
DAKOULI, Padeu; GRANT, Caroline; HUEY, Paul; MAASS, Antje, authors. 2008. "Rapport d'enquête sociolinguistique : première évaluation parmi les Baraïn du Guéra."
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LOVESTRAND, Joseph, author. 2011. "The Dialects of Baraïn (East Chadic)."
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Vernacular Publications
Gomo de siiki iŋ n̰elme. 2011.
Guide du Moniteur Syllabaire No 1 et 2 en langue baraïn (jalkiya). 2011.
Jaaya ne iŋ turu wo turuya ne iŋ walo 2013. 2012.
Jaaya ne iŋ turu wo turuya ne iŋ walo. 2011.
Kussiyana doyo iŋ jalkiyaŋ 2 ǃ. 2012.
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Kussiyana doyo iŋ jalkiyaŋ!. 2011.

