Daju, Dar Sila

DAU

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bokorike, Dadjo, Dajou, Daju, Sila, Sula

Dialects: None known. Not inherently intelligible with Dar Daju Daju ,. Lexical similarity: 74% with Daju , of Darfur (Nyala and Lagowa), 60% with Shatt ,, 57% with Logorik ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Western
Daju
Western Daju

Demographics: 63,100 in Chad (2000). Population total all countries: 70,100.

Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Used as L2 by Zerenkel [zrn].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Muslim.