DAJ ISO 639-3
Daju, Dar Fur
Bekke Autonym
A language of Sudan
- ISO 639
- daj
- Alternate Names
- Beke, Dagu, Daju Ferne, Fininga, Nyala-Lagowa
- Autonym
- Bekke
- Population
- 98,000 (2017).
- Location:
- West Darfur state: Geneina district; South Darfur state: Daju hills 40 km northeast of Nyala; South Kordofan state: Dar el Kabira, Jebel Miheila, Lagawa, Nyukri, Silecce, Tamanyik, and Warina area villages (Lagowa dialect).
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Daju, Western Daju
- Dialects
- Nyala, Lagowa (Lagawa). Lexical similarity: 83% with Nyala and Lagowa dialects, 74% with Daju Dar Sila [dau], 62% with Shatt [shj], 56% with Logorik [liu].
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
- Language Development
- Orthography and literacy materials produced. Literature.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Daju, Dar Fur
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: West Darfur state: Geneina district; South Darfur state: Daju hills 40 km northeast of Nyala; South Kordofan state: Dar el Kabira, Jebel Miheila, Lagawa, Nyukri, Silecce, Tamanyik, and Warina area villages (Lagowa dialect).
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