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Maba language

Maba
buraa mabaŋ
بُرَا مَبَݝ
Native toChad[1]
RegionOuaddaï, Wadi Fira
EthnicityMaba
Native speakers
570,000 (2019)[1]
Dialects
  • Maba
  • Kodroy
  • Kabartu
  • Kondongo
Arabic script
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3mde
Glottologmaba1277

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 serves as a local trade language. Maba is closely related to the Masalit language.[2] Most speakers of Maba reside in Chad with 542,000 speakers as of 2019. In 2022 there were 28,000 speakers in Sudan where the language is known as Sulaihab.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Maba at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Maba". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

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مبا (لغة) Arabic Mabeg (yezh) BR Maba (Sprache) German Maba Finnish Maba (langue du Tchad) French Harshen Maba HA Maba (nilotski jezik) Croatian マバ語 Japanese Bahasa Maba KGE Маба тили KY

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