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Bagirmi (also Baguirmi; autonym: ɓarma) is the language of the Baguirmi people of Chad belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family. It is spoken by 44761 people (as of 1993) mainly in the Chari-Baguirmi Region. It was the language of the Kingdom of Baguirmi.Baguirmi was given written form and texts providing basic literacy instruction were composed through the efforts of Don and Orpha Raun late in their Chadian careers during the 1990s.