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Baygo is an ethnic group of
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
.Ethnologue: "Baygo - An extinct language of Sudan"
/ref> They are one of seven distinct ethnicities comprising the Daju people. Their original language, the
Baygo language Beigo (Baygo, Baigo, Bego, Beko, Béogé, Beygo) is an extinct East Sudanic language once spoken in Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jum ...
, is now extinct and the population now speaks
Sudanese Arabic Sudanese Arabic, also referred to as the Sudanese dialect (), Colloquial Sudanese () or locally as Common Sudanese () refers to the various related varieties of Arabic spoken in Sudan as well as parts of Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Chad. Sudane ...
.The Joshua Project: "Baygo of Sudan"
retrieved February 5, 2013
The population of the group numbers 850. They live to the southeast of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state in the western part of the Sudan. They are mostly Muslim.


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