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Maban
Geographic
distribution
Chad, Sudan, Central African Republic
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • (unclassified)
    • Maban
Subdivisions
  • Mimi-N†
  • Kenjeje
  • Mabang
  • Masalit–Surbakhal
  • Aiki
Glottologmaba1274

The Maban languages are a small family of languages which have been included in the hypothetical Nilo-Saharan stock.

Maban languages are spoken in eastern Chad, the Central African Republic and western Sudan (Darfur).

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Maban languages

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The Maban languages are a small family of languages which have been included in the hypothetical Nilo-Saharan stock. Maban languages are spoken in eastern...

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Unclassified language

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to be a Maban language, because of similarities to Maba, the first Maban language to be described. However, as other languages of the Maban family were...

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Languages of Chad

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30,000) Maban languages Maba (120,000, SIL 1991) Massalit (50,857, RGPH 1993) Karanga Kendeje Marfa Massalat Surbakhal Kibet Runga Fur languages Mimi Amdang...

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Northern Eastern Sudanic languages

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nominals, Roger Blench (2021) suggests that the Maban languages may be closely related. Linguistics portal Languages portal List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions...

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Masalit language

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(autonym Masala/Masara; Arabic: ماساليت) is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Maban language group spoken by the Masalit people in West Darfur, Sudan and...

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List of language families

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language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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Maba language

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Maba (Maban, Mabang, or Bura Mabang) is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Maban branch spoken in Chad and Sudan. It is divided into several dialects, and...

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Amdang language

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speaks Arabic. The language is also called Mimi, Mima or Biltine; the name "Mimi", however, is also applied to two extinct Maban languages of the area; Mimi...

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Chadic languages

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Mukulu, and Sokoro languages Masa ? Kujargé Chadic languages contain many Nilo-Saharan loanwords from either the Songhay or Maban branches, pointing to...

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Mimi language

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extinct and possibly Maban languages, Mimi of Nachtigal and Mimi of Decorse. Tucker & Bryan (1956:53) state, Several other languages, of which nothing is...

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Mimi of Decorse

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Gaudefroy-Demombynes. Joseph Greenberg (1960) classified it as a Maban language, like the rather remote Maban relative Mimi of Nachtigal. However, George Starostin...

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Darfur

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hostilities. However, further tribal clashes have continued during 2021. Languages of Darfur include Daju, Erenga (or Sungor), Fongoro, Fulbe (or Fulfulde)...

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Marfa language

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Marfa is a Maban language spoken in Chad. It is not a dialect of the Masalit language. Edgar, John T. (1991). Maba-group Lexicon. Sprache und Oralität...

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Languages of the Central African Republic

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languages in the north, near the border with Chad. In addition, there is a Maban language, Runga. Chadian (Shuwa) Arabic is spoken by at least 127,000 Baggara...

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Fur languages

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The Fur or For languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its members are: Fur in western...

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Surbakhal language

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Surbakhal is a Maban language of Chad. Surbakhal at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...

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Masalit people

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killed. The Masalit speak the Masalit language, which belongs to the Maban language group of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Masalit is divided into several...

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Languages of Africa

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has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

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Nubian languages

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languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized: lughāt nūbiyyah) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. In the past, Nubian languages...

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Aiki language

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Aiki is a Maban language of Chad. It consists of two dialects, Runga and Kibet, which are divergent enough to be considered separate languages. Kibet (Kibeit...

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Insular Celtic languages

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Celtic languages are the group of Celtic languages spoken in Brittany, Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. All surviving Celtic languages are in...

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Kendeje language

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Kenjeje (or Kendeje) is a Maban language of Chad. The two dialects, Yaali and Faranga, are quite distinct, and have little contact. Kendeje at Ethnologue...

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Marfa

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a sub-group of the Maba people of north-central Africa Marfa language, a Maban language spoken in Chad Marfa front, another term for a dry line Marfa...

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Saharan languages

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The Saharan languages are a small family of languages across parts of the eastern Sahara, extending from northwestern Sudan to southern Libya, north and...

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Songhay languages

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The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages ([sõʁaj], [soŋaj] or [soŋoj]) are a group of closely related languages/dialects centred on the middle stretches...

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Mimi of Nachtigal

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Lukas & Voelckers (1938). Joseph Greenberg (1960) classified it as a Maban language, though a distant one. Subsequent researchers have supported a remote...

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Kresh languages

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Kresh is a small language group of South Sudan. It is generally considered to be a branch of the Central Sudanic languages. Boyeldieu (2010) judges that...

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Koman languages

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The Koman languages are a small close-knit family of languages located along the Ethiopia–Sudan border with about 50,000 speakers. They are conventionally...

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