Daju languages

The Daju languages ​​are a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family ostsudanischen branch of which are spoken in the eastern part of the Republic of Chad and in the west of the Republic of Sudan.

These include, according to Bender ( 2000):

• Daju (about 23,000 speakers)
• Shatt (about 15,000 speakers)
• Ligurian (about 2,500 people )
• Nyala Lagowa (about 80,000 speakers)
• Nyolgé ( Nyalgulgulé ) (approx. 1,000 speakers)
• Mongo (about 31,000 speakers)
• Sila (about 38,000 speakers)
• Beygo ( extinct)