Bidiyo

BID

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bidio, ’Bidio, Bidiya, ’Bidiyo, Bidiyo-Waana, Bidyo

Dialects: Bigawguno (Tounkoul), Garawgino (Kafila), Jekkino (Kofilo), Nalguno (Niergui), ’Oboyguno (Zerli). The first 2 dialects listed are eastern, the others western. Dambiya is probably a Bidiyo dialect instead of a Migaama , dialect.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
East
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Demographics: 14,000 (Jungraithmayr 1981).

Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Muslim.