Daju, Dar Daju

DJC

vigorous

Alternate Names: Dadjo, Dadju, Dajo, Dajou, Daju, Daju Mongo, Daju Oum Hadjer

Dialects: Bardangal, Eref, Gadjira. Not inherently intelligible with Dar Sila Daju ,. Lexical similarity: 64% with Dar Sila Daju ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Western
Daju
Western Daju

Demographics: 34,000 (1993 census).

Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Used as L2 by Kujarge [vkj], Sinyar [sys].

Language Development: Bible portions: 2008.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Muslim.