Arabic, Babalia Creole

BBZ

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Babalia, Babaliya, Bubalia

Dialects: None known. A creole developed from Chadian Arabic , (90% of the vocabulary) and Berakou , (Decobert 1977). Babalia shares structural similarities with Juba Arabic ,. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.

Genealogy:

Creole
Arabic based

Demographics: 3,940 (1993 census).

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Ethnonym: Babalia; original language Berakou ,. Muslim.