BVA ISO 639-3
Barein
Barayin Autonym
A language of Chad
- ISO 639
- bva
- Alternate Names
- Baraïn
- Autonym
- Barayin
- Population
- 4,100 (1993 census).
- Location:
- Guéra region: Bahr Signaka department, Melfi subprefecture, west (Jalkia dialect), south, southwest (Komi dialect), and east of Melfi (Sakaya dialect).
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.3
- Dialects
- Jalkia (Jalkiya, Jalkiyaŋ), Guilia (Giliya), Sakaya (Dagne, Jalking, Jelkin), Komi (Komiya). Lexical similarity: 92% between the Jalkia dialect and the Guilia dialect, 70% between the Sakaya dialect and both Jalkia and Guilia.
- Language Use
- Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
- Language Development
- Grammar. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Barein
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Guéra region: Bahr Signaka department, Melfi subprefecture, west (Jalkia dialect), south, southwest (Komi dialect), and east of Melfi (Sakaya dialect).
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