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| Massalat | |
|---|---|
| Masalit | |
| Native to | Chad, Sudan |
| Region | Masalit, Mabang, Maban, Nilo-Saharan |
Native speakers | 10 Living Speakers (2003)[1] |
Maban
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mdg |
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Massalat is a Masalit language of Chad and Sudan, spoken by the Massalat people of Chad.
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Massalat is a now endangered language, with only 10 speakers in Chad. It is a written language closely related to Masalit, though Masalit has begun to form into Chadian Arabic [2]. Originally part of the Masalit language, the Massalat people moved West, branching off [3] Massalat is part of the Maban language group of the Saharan languages, along with Maba and Mimi [4] Currently, it is classified as Nilo-Saharan and Maban [5] The ethnic population of Massalat is estimated to be 29,836 [6]
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Category: Languages Category:Languages of Central Africa Category:Endangered languages Category: Masalit Category: Nilo-Saharan
- ^ Writing and Decimal System of Masalit
- ^ Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More than 400 Languages
- ^ [Frawley, William J. (2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195139771, 9780195139778.
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- ^ Ethnologue