Bidayat dialect

Tuba
Bidayat
Native to	Chad
Native speakers	3,000 (date missing)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Eastern Saharan Zaghawa Tuba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	`tuba1275`^[1]

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.^[2]

The current President of Chad, Idriss Déby Itno belongs to this group.

Notes and references

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tuba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Issam Abdalla Ali, Zaghawa Language and History, Sudan Vision, 20 September YEAR UNKNOWN

Ethnic groups in Chad

Amdang Anakaza Baggara Bidayat Bilala Buduma Dar Daju Daju Daza Fongoro Fula Fur Gouran Haddad Hadjarai Hausa Kanembu Kanuri Kim Kimr Kotoko Lisi Maba Mandinka Mararit Masa Masalit Musgum Sara Shuweihat Sinyar Sudanese Sungor Tama Teda Toubou Tunjur Tupuri Yerwa Kanuri Zaghawa

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