Mbay

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Mbay is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily in Chad and the Central African Republic, known for its complex tonal system and noun class distinctions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language
language
country Central African Republic NERFINISHED
Chad NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
family Central Sudanic NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Mbaï NERFINISHED
Mbaï language
hasFeature complex tonal system
noun class distinctions
noun class system
tonal language
hasGrammaticalFeature noun classes
hasPhonologicalFeature tone
ISO639-3 myb
isPartOf Bongo–Bagirmi languages NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Ngambay NERFINISHED
Sara languages
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology Central Sudanic NERFINISHED
tonal language
primaryUseRegion northern Central African Republic
southern Chad NERFINISHED
region Central Africa
spokenIn Central African Republic NERFINISHED
Chad NERFINISHED
subfamily Bongo–Bagirmi NERFINISHED
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Sara hasDialect Mbay
subject surface form: Sara language