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...

1993) Toupouri (90,785, RGPH, 1993) Bua languages: Bua, Niellim, Gula Iro, etc. (total < 30,000) Maban languages Maba (120,000, SIL 1991) Massalit (50,857...

an Austronesian language of Indonesia Maba language, a Nilo-Saharan language of Chad and Sudan Maba people, an ethnic group of Chad Maba Man, a prehistoric...

The Maba, also called Bargo or Wadai people, are a Sunni Muslim ethnic group found primarily in the mountains of Wadai region in eastern Chad and southern...

with Maba itself, and the relationship was too distant for Mimi to be related specifically to Maba and not equally to the other Maban languages. The obvious...

not been Maban at all, with the similarities due to language contact with locally dominant Maba. Blench (2021) gives the following classification: Proto-Maban...

The people of Chad speak more than 100 languages and divide themselves into many ethnic groups. However, language and ethnicity are not the same. Moreover...

population of Chad has numerous ethnic groups. SIL Ethnologue reports more than 130 distinct languages spoken in Chad. The 14 million Chad people belong...

zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa. Chad's official languages are Arabic and French...

"Nilo-Saharan" constitutes ten distinct and separate language families: Eastern Sudanic, Central Sudanic – Kadu, Maba–Kunama, Komuz, Saharan, Songhai, Kuliak, Fur...

Masalit language is most closely related to the Marfa, Maba and Karanga languages. It shares 45% of its vocabulary with Marfa, 42% with Maba, and 36%...

is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Maban language group spoken by the Masalit people in West Darfur, Sudan and Ouaddaï Region, Chad. Masalit, known as...

Lisi Maba Mararit Masalit Musgum Sara Shuweihat Sinyar Sungor Tama Teda Toubou Tunjur Tupuri Yerwa Kanuri Zaghawa people List of Chadic languages List...

referred to as the Maba Sultanate (French: Sultanat Maba), was an African sultanate located to the east of Lake Chad in present-day Chad and the Central...

and the Maba. Eventually, the Tunjur people assimilated to a large decree into other peoples of the region. Africa portal Alodia History of Chad History...

dominant Maba (the similarities are with that language specifically, not with the entire Maban family), and provisionally regards it as a language isolate...

The Biu–Mandara or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. A reconstruction of Proto-Central Chadic...

Romania Marfa, 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...

and Maba [mde] which are Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in the Ouaddaï and Wadi Fira regions of Chad. Marba [mpg] is classified in the Masa languages (fr)...

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...

pre-1500. In the 14th century, Wadai became a "quasi independent" state of the Maba people but was destroyed at end of the 15th century. A second Wadai state...

Karanga is a Maban language spoken in Chad. Its speakers are divided into four groups, each of which has its own dialect: the Karanga (Kurunga), Kashmere...

the French Senate from 1956 to 1958 Khadidiatou Diallo- Activist, Senegal Maba Diakhou Ba – Religious leader, Nioro Senegal Mamadou Dia – Member of French...

Bornu in the 16th century. In the 17th century, there was a revolt of the Maba people who established a Muslim dynasty. At first, Wadai paid tribute to...

Mimi of Nachtigal, or Mimi-N, is a language of Chad that is attested only in a word list labelled "Mimi" that was collected ca. 1870 by Gustav Nachtigal...

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...

smaller numbers of Arabs, Maba, and Zaghawa. It is the largest group in the "National Front for Democracy and Justice in Chad" rebel coalition. There have...

Marfa is a Maban language spoken in Chad. It is not a dialect of the Masalit language. Marfa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e...

Assangori, Baggara (generally speakers of Chadian Arabic), Dar Sila Daju, Kajakse, Karanga, Kendeje, Maba (including the Marfa sub-group), Mararit, Masalit...

250 languages, with some accounts reporting around 600. These include 55 Afro-Asiatic languages, two Nilo-Saharan languages, four Ubangian languages, and...