Ngambay

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Alternate Names: Gamba, Gambaye, Gamblai, Ngambai, Sara, Sara Ngambai

Dialects: Bemar (Daba de Goré), Benoye, Kere, Lara, Murum (Mouroum). Some consider Laka , to be a dialect of Ngambay.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Central Sudanic
West
Bongo-Bagirmi
Sara-Bagirmi
Sara
Sara Proper

Demographics: 896,000 in Chad (2006).

Language Use: Largest language of the Sara-Bagirmi group.

Language Development: Bible: 1993.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.