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:
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.