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Boor (also known as Bwara, Damraw) is an endangered
Afro-Asiatic The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic ...
language spoken in southern
Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...
. The language has less than 100 native speakers worldwide. Regions where the language is spoken include southern
Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...
, the
Bousso Bousso ( ar, بوسو) is a city in Chari-Baguirmi Region, Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by ...
Subprefecture,
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Rural Subprefecture, and in and around the Dumraw (Dumrao) village on the north bank of the
Chari River The Chari River, or Shari River, is a long river, flowing in Central Africa. It is Lake Chad's main source of water. Geography The Chari River flows from the Central African Republic through Chad into Lake Chad, following the Cameroon border f ...
. Dumrao is approximately 15 kilometers north of Gori. Boor was documented by Florian Lionnet, Sandrine Loncke, and Remadji Hoinathy in 2012.Lionnet, Florian
Chadic languages
Due to the locations of the regions in which the language is spoken, native speakers of Boor commonly speak the
Bagirmi language Bagirmi (also Baguirmi; autonym: ''ɓarma)'' is the language of the Baguirmi people of Chad, belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family. It was spoken by 44,761 people in 1993, mainly in the Chari-Baguirmi Region, as well as in Mokofi sub-prefecture ...
as well.


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East Chadic languages Languages of Chad Endangered Afroasiatic languages {{EChadic-lang-stub