Concept information
Preferred term
Dazaga
Definition
- Dazaga (also known as Daza) belongs to the Saharan primary branch of the putative Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by the Daza people in northern Chad and eastern Niger. Within the Saharan branch – which also includes the Kanuri, Kanembu, and Tebu languages – Dazaga is classified as part of the Western Saharan subgroup. The constituent families of Nilo-Saharan are quite diverse. One characteristic feature is a tripartite singulative-collective-plurative number system.
Identifier
- DZG
Notation
- dzg
In other languages
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Daza
Dazaga
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/DZG
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