What language do Zaghawa speak?

What language do Zaghawa speak?

Zaghawa is a language spoken in the border region between Sudan and Chad. The official language of Sudan and Chad is Arabic….Zaghawa-Wagi: Towards documenting the Sudanese dialectal variant of Zaghawa.

Language Zaghawa
Affiliation Institute of Linguistics, University of Cologne

What country speaks Zaghawa?

The Zaghawa language is a Saharan language spoken by the Zaghawa people of eastern central Chad (in the Sahel) and northwestern Sudan (Darfur). The people who speak this language call it Beria, from Beri, the endonym of the Zaghawa people, and “a,” Zaghawa for ‘mouth.

Are Zaghawa people Arab?

The Zaghawa people, also called Beri or Zakhawa, are a Sahelian Muslim ethnic group primarily residing in Fezzan North-eastern Chad, and western Sudan, including Darfur. They are pastoralists, and a breed of sheep that they herd is called Zaghawa by the Arabs.

Where is Zaghawa?

Scattered throughout Sudan, Chad, and Niger, the roughly 171,000 Zaghawa live primarily along the border between Sudan and Chad in the northern Darfur region. The Zaghawa, who also call themselves Beri, are a semi-nomadic ethnic group who rely on camel and cattle herding.

What are Darfur people called?

Darfur

Darfur دار فور
Official languages Arabic, Fur
Demonym(s) Darfuri, Darfurian and Darfurese
Government
• Regional Governor Minni Minawi

What languages are spoken in Darfur?

So far there are 12 languages still spoken in Darfur including the Masalit, Tama, Daju, Fur, Beria (Zaghawa), Midob, Bidyat, Mima, Asongor, Eringa, Mileri and Singar.

Who lives in Darfur?

The major tribes in Darfur are the Zaghawa, Fur and Masalit. The predominantly nomadic (Arab) tribes occupied the larger part of Northern Darfur and the predominantly sedentary group (Non-Arab), mainly composed of peasant farmers, occupied the western and southern regions of Darfur.

How many have died in Darfur?

The Darfur genocide is the systematic killing of ethnic Darfuri people which has occurred during the ongoing conflict in Western Sudan. It has become known as the first genocide of the 21st century….

Darfur genocide
Attack type Genocide, mass murder
Deaths between 80,000 and 500,000
Victims Over 3 million people

Was Darfur saved?

Yet Darfur was not saved. There has been no political agreement to end the civil war between Darfuri rebel groups and Sudan’s government. Last year, the human rights watchdog Amnesty International documented how Sudanese government forces continued to commit atrocities in Darfur.

Why can’t the people of Sudan drink the water?

Most of Sudan’s water is extremely polluted/contaminated and is riddled with all kinds of diseases. A lot of chemical waste and pesticides that are produced by factories and farmers get released into many bodies of water and streams. The Government’s lack of action finding ways to purify and clean the water.

How many died in Darfur?