Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan
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The Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan is a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken mainly in eastern Chad and western Sudan, comprising several related languages of the Maban people.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maban languages
ⓘ
language family branch ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Maban people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationDebatedBy | historical linguists ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Darfur
NERFINISHED
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Ouaddaï region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
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noun class or gender-like distinctions ⓘ tone languages ⓘ |
| hasMajorLanguage | Maba language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Karanga language
NERFINISHED
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Kibet language NERFINISHED ⓘ Maba language ⓘ Masalit language NERFINISHED ⓘ Runga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Surbakhal language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Arabic script (for some languages)
ⓘ
Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | proposed ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ eastern Chad ⓘ western Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline | African linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Nilo-Saharan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Maban ethnic groups of Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maban ethnic groups of Sudan ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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