Beigo language
| Beigo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Darfur |
| Ethnicity | 850 (1978)[1] |
| Extinct | 1960s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | byg |
| Glottolog | bayg1239 |
| ELP | Baygo |
Beigo (Baygo, Baigo, Bego, Beko, Béogé, Beygo) is an extinct Daju language once spoken in Sudan by the Baygo people, numbering some 850 in the late twentieth century.[2] Similar to Darfur Daju, it is classified as part of the Western Daju family of languages.
Bibliography
- Inventaire des etudes linguistiques sur les pays d'Afrique noire d'expression francaise et sur Madagascar, Daniel Barreteau 1978 ISBN 978-2-85319-052-7
- Sudan notes and records, Volume 21, The Sudan Philosophical Society
- A Thesaurus of African Languages: A Classified and Annotated Inventory of the Spoken Languages of Africa: with an Appendix on Their Written Representation, Mann and Danby, January 1987, Hans Zell Publishers, ISBN 978-0-905450-24-7
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