Bidiyo language

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Bidiyo
Bidio
Native to Chad
Region Guera Region
Native speakers
(14,000 cited 1981) [1]
Dialects
  • Bigawguno
  • Garawgino
  • Jekkino
  • Nalguno
  • Oboyguno
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bid
Glottolog bidi1241

Bidiyo (also known as Bidyo, Bidio, 'Bidio, 'Bidiyo, Bidiyo-Waana, Bidiya) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Bidiyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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