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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Chad > Sarua

Sarua

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3swy

Population  2,000 (1997 SIL).
Region  Chari-Baguirmi region, Loug-Chari Department, Bousso Subprefecture, between Bousso and Miltou, along Chari River.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 40
Alternate names   Saroua, Sarwa
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 42% with Gadang [gdk], 27% with Miltu [mlj].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, A, A.1, 2
Language use  Most also use Bagirmi [bmi].
Comments  Different from Sharwa [swq] in Cameroon. Traditional religion, Christian.