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Tuba
Bidayat
Native toChad
Native speakers
3,000[citation needed]
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologtuba1275

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.[1]

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

Notes and references

  1. ^ Issam Abdalla Ali, Zaghawa Language and History, Sudan Vision, 20 September YEAR UNKNOWN
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