Maban languages

E49225
Nilo-Saharan language family language family

Maban languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Berta language group 1
Maba languages 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
areCloselyRelated each other ⓘ
areConsidered small language family ⓘ
areContactWith Arabic ⓘ
Chadic languages ⓘ
Fur language ⓘ
areDocumentedIn descriptive grammars of individual languages ⓘ
areEndangeredStatus several member languages are vulnerable ⓘ
areRecognizedBy comparative linguists working on Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
areSpokenBy Toubou people ⓘ
surface form: Maba peoples

Masalit people ⓘ
Runga people ⓘ
areSpokenNear Chad–Sudan border ⓘ
areSubjectOfStudyIn African linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
areUsedFor everyday communication ⓘ
areUsedIn rural communities ⓘ
geographicDistribution Darfur region ⓘ
Ouaddaï ⓘ
surface form: Ouaddaï region

Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahel region
hasAlternativeName Maban languages ⓘ
surface form: Maba languages

Maban family ⓘ
hasMember Karanga language ⓘ
Kibet language ⓘ
Maba language ⓘ
Masalit language ⓘ
Karanga language ⓘ
surface form: Runga language

Surbakhal language ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage Maba language ⓘ
Masalit language ⓘ
haveBorrowingsFrom Arabic ⓘ
neighboring Sahelian languages ⓘ
haveMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
havePhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventories ⓘ
haveWordOrder typically SOV ⓘ
linguisticClassificationStatus generally accepted as part of Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
regionOfOrigin eastern Sahel ⓘ
spokenIn Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyIn Chad–Sudan border ⓘ
surface form: eastern Chad

western Sudan ⓘ
subfamilyOf Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
typologicallyRelatedTo other Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Maban languages → hasAlternativeName → Maban languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maba languages
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Maban languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Maban languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berta language group
Nilo-Saharian phylum → hasSubfamily → Maban languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Nilo-Saharian → hasSubgroup → Maban languages ⓘ