Birgit

BTF

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bergit, Berguid, Birgid

Dialects: Abgue, Agrab, Duguri, Eastern Birgit.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
East
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Demographics: 10,400 (2000).

Language Use: Strong in its central village Abgué, decreasing in Agrab and Tilegeye (Eastern Birgit). Probably strong in Duguri due to geographical isolation.

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: All sources since Greenberg list it as a separate language from other Dangla languages. Different from Birked , (Birgit) of Sudan, a Nilo-Saharan language.