Beraku language

Beraku
Babalia
Native to	Chad
Ethnicity	Babalia people
Extinct	2 speakers reported in 1995^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Bagirmi Beraku
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bxv`
Glottolog	`bera1261`^[2]

Beraku is an extinct Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad. Speakers have shifted to Babalia Creole Arabic, Chadian Arabic, or various Kotoko languages.^[3]

References

↑ Beraku at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Berakou". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Beraku language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

Central Sudanic languages

Bongo–Bagirmi

Bongo–Baka	Baka Bongo Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

Kara	Furu Tar Gula Yulu

Bagirmi	Barma Beraku Disa Fer Gula Jaya Kenga Morom Naba

Sara	Dagba Doba Gulay Horo Kabba of Gore Laka Mbay Nar Ngam Ngambay Sar

Kaba	Kaba Deme Kaba Na Kulfa

Vale	Ruto Vale

Other	Birri Fongoro Sinyar Yulu

Mangbetu–Asoa

Mangbutu–Lese

Lendu
Ngiti

Moru

Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi

Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Other

Mimi of Decorse

Italics indicate extinct languages

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