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Name: Zaghawa
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Soghaua; Zeggaoua; Zagaoua; Zorhaua; Zagawa; Zeghawa; Zauge; Berri; Beri; Beri-Aa; Merida; Kebadi; Kuyuk; Beria; Zapotec; Zagawa-Bideyat-Berti
Spoken in: Chad, Libya, Sudan
Number of speakers: 75,000 in Sudan (2000 SIL). Population total all countries: 169,000 (Ethnologue)
Code: zag
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup: Eastern Saharan; Eastern; Zaghawa-Berti; East Saharan; Kanuri Cluster (esah)
Child Dialect Group: Wagi; Twer (zag-wag)
Child Dialects: Tuba; Bideyat; Tuer-Gala; Baele; Anna; Awe; Terawia; Beria (zag-tue) Kube (zag-kub)

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