Barein language

Barein (also referred to as Baraïn, Barayin, Guilia, Jalkia or Jalkiya) is a Chadic language spoken in south central Chad.

Barein
Native to	Chad
Region	south central
Native speakers	(4,100 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic B Sokoro (B.3) Barein
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bva
Glottolog	bara1406
ELP	Barain

Baraïn is spoken by 6,000 people living in 30 to 40 villages around Melfi in the Guéra region of southern Chad. Its main dialects are not mutually comprehensible, with speakers having to resort to Chadian Arabic in order to communicate with each other.^[2]

• Jalkiya and Giliya (geographically and linguistically very close)
• Jalking (Sakaya)
• Komiya

Writing System

Barein alphabet

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j

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l

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