Ethnologue

Zerenkel

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Zirenkel

Population

2,240 (1993 census).

Location

Guéra region: Mongo subprefecture, Canton Dadjo I, Dambiro, Nikel, and Sirbodom villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 71% with Mubi [mub], 34%–36% with Dangaléat [daa] (East, Central, and Western).

Language Use

Children speak (but not all). Some young people, all adults. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], Dangaléat [daa], Dar Daju Daju [djc].

Language Development

Active language development.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].