Maba language
Not to be confused with Maba language (Indonesia).
| Maba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | Ouaddaï, Wadi Fira |
| Ethnicity | Maba |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2006)[1] |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mde |
| Glottolog |
maba1277[2] |
Maba (Maban, Mabang) is a Maban language spoken in Chad and Sudan. It is divided into several dialects, and serves as a local trade language. Maba is closely related to the Masalit language.[3]
References
- ↑ Maba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Maba (Chad)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ "Masalit language". Ethnologue. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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| Indigenous languages | |
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