Masalit language

E247373
Eastern Sudanic language Nilo-Saharan language language

Masalit language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Masalit people in western Sudan and eastern Chad.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Masalit language canonical 8

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Sudanic language ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Kantana ⓘ
Masara ⓘ
Massalit ⓘ
associatedWithConflictRegion Darfur conflict ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Maban–Masalit group ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus not official ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottocode masa1320 ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Masaleet ⓘ
Masaleet ⓘ
surface form: Masalitʼ
hasDialect Northern Masalit ⓘ
Southern Masalit ⓘ
hasEthnicPopulation Masalit ethnic group ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue ⓘ
surface form: Ethnologue Masalit
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Karanga language ⓘ
Maba language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity refugee communities in Chad ⓘ
iso639-3Code mls ⓘ
isSubjectOf Masalit language dictionaries ⓘ
Masalit language grammars ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Sudanic

Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
name Masalit people ⓘ
surface form: Masalit
neighboringLanguage Fur language ⓘ
Maba language ⓘ
Karanga language ⓘ
surface form: Runga language
primaryUse home and community domains ⓘ
region Darfur region ⓘ
surface form: Darfur

Darfur region ⓘ
surface form: West Darfur
spokenBy Masalit people ⓘ
spokenIn Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
spokenInRegion eastern Chad ⓘ
western Sudan ⓘ
threatenedBy Arabic language dominance ⓘ
language shift to Arabic ⓘ
usedBy ethnic group in Chad ⓘ
ethnic group in Sudan ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maban languages → hasMember → Masalit language ⓘ
Maban languages → hasNotableLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
Maba language → hasGeneticRelation → Masalit language ⓘ
Masalit people → language → Masalit language ⓘ
For language → hasNeighborLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
western Sudan → hasLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
Darfur region → languageSpoken → Masalit language ⓘ
Sinyar language → hasNeighboringLanguages → Masalit language ⓘ