Bidayat dialect

Tuba, also Bidayat (Bideyat), is a dialect of the Zaghawa language found in Chad and western Sudan. In contrast to their Zaghawa kin, Bidayat speakers are more nomadic. This difference led early ethnographers to refer to them as different groups until linguistic similarities proved their close relationship.[1]

Tuba
Bidayat
Native toChad
Native speakers
(undated figure of 3,000)
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologtuba1275

The former President of Chad, Idriss Déby belonged to this group.

Notes and references

  1. Issam Abdalla Ali, Zaghawa Language and History Archived 2006-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, Sudan Vision, 20 September YEAR UNKNOWN


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