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Daju Mongo language

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Daju Mongo
Daju
Native toChad
RegionDaju Hills
Native speakers
(34,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3djc
Glottologdard1243

Daju Mongo, also Wadai Daju or Dar Daju Daju, is an Eastern Sudanic language, one of three closely related languages in the area called "Daju" (the other two being the Nyala language and the Sila language. It is spoken in Chad by the Dar Daju Daju people near the Darfur border. There are three dialects, Bardangal, Eref, and Gadjira.

References

  1. ^ Daju Mongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)