Daju, Dar Sila
A language of Chad
| Population | 63,100 in Chad (2000). |
| Region | Ouaddaï region, Sila Department; Goz-Beïda area and east to Sudan border; Salamat region, Barh Azoum Department, camps of internally displaced people. Also in Sudan. |
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Chad, reference number 23 |
| Alternate names | Bokorike, Dadjo, Dajou, Daju, Sila, Sula |
| Dialects | Not inherently intelligible with Dar Daju Daju [djc]. Lexical similarity: 74% with Daju [daj] of Darfur (Nyala and Lagowa), 60% with Shatt [shj], 57% with Logorik [liu]. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Western, Daju, Western Daju |
| Language use | Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 0. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
Also spoken in:
Sudan
| Language name | Daju, Dar Sila |
| Region | North. Nearly all Daju of Dar Sila migrated into Dar Fur from Chad. |
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Sudan |
| Alternate names | Bokor, Bokorike, Bokoruge, Mongo-Sila, Sila, Sula |
| Dialects | Mongo, Sila. |
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