Ethnologue

Kendeje

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Yaali

Population

1,860 (2000).

Location

Ouaddaï region: Assoungha and Ouara departments, rural Abéché and Adré subprefectures, northwest of Hadjer Hadid.

Language Maps

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification

Dialects

Yaali, Faranga. Lexical similarity: 89% between dialects with little contact between them.

Language Use

Also use Maba [mde], Masalit [mls].

Language Development

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.