Maba (language)

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Maba

Spoken in

Chad
speaker approx. 250,000 (as of 1999)
Linguistic
classification
Language codes
ISO 639-3

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The Maba (own name: bora / bura mabaŋ ) belongs to the subgroup of the Maba languages named after it within the East Sudanese branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family . It is spoken by around 250,000 people in eastern Chad ( Wadai and Biltine).

The members of the Maba people are mostly followers of Islam .

Another important language in the Maba group is the masalit .

The structure of the Maba languages

  • Maba languages
    • Mabang group
      • Kendeje (approx. 2,000)
      • Maba group
        • Maba (approx. 250,000)
        • Marfa (approx. 5,000-10,000)
      • Masalit group
        • Massalat (approx. 10, as of 1991)
        • Masalite (approx. 240,000)
        • Surbakhal (approx. 8,000)
      • Runga Kibet group
        • Kibet (approx.20,000)
        • Runga (also: Aiki; approx.20,000)
    • Karanga (approx. 10,000)

Except for the Masalit, which is mainly localized in Sudan , all these languages ​​are spoken in Chad (partly also in the Central African Republic ).

Comparative vocabulary

Word meaning Maba Masalite Word meaning Maba Masalite
woman must muco water ʌnji sa
head kiji kuju Fire wʌsik waasi
eye kʌsik kɔɔgi one tek tiilo
ear kɔye kɔyee two mbaar mbʌra
nose bɔɲ durmi (h) three kɔŋaal kaaŋ
mouth kʌna kanah four asaal aas
tooth satik kʌcine five tuur toor
hand kara kɔrɔ ten atuk uttuk
foot Yes dowi

annotation

Maba and the Maban languages are not to be confused with the West Nilotic language Mabaan .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Ethnologue, s. Web links
  2. ↑ after Paul Doornbos u. M. Lionel Bender: Languages ​​of Wadai-Darfur . In: M. Lionel Bender (Ed.): Nilo-Saharan Language Studies . Michigan State University, 1983, pp. 43-79.

literature

  • Ali Abdoullay Dahab et al .: Lexique maba-français . Association SIL Projet maba. N'Djaména (Tchad) 2003.
  • John T. Edgar: A Masalit grammar: with notes on other languages ​​of Darfur and Wadai . Reimer, Berlin 1989.
  • John T. Edgar: Maba-group lexicon . Reimer, Berlin 1991.
  • Pierre Nougayrol: La langue des Aiki dits Rounga: Tchad, République centrafricaine. Esquisse descriptive et lexique . Geuthner, Paris. 1990.
  • Georges Trenga: Le Bura-Mabang du Ouadaï. Notes for serving à l'étude de la langue maba . Institut d'Ethnologie, Paris 1947. (written in the years 1905–1907)

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