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The Maban languages are a small family of Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilo-Saharan languages

The Nilo-Saharan languages are a hypothetical group of African languages spoken mainly in the upper parts of the Chari River and Nile rivers , including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of Nile meet....
 spoken in Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
, the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
, and Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
. This group includes the following languages:



The languages of the villages of Gaudefroy-Demombynes and Nachtigal, called "Mimi
Mimi language

"Mimi" is a name applied to several distinct and not particularly closely related Nilo-Saharan languages of the Ouadda? Region area of Chad, most commonly Amdang language but also including two Maban languages ...
", also appear to be Maban.








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The Maban languages are a small family of Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilo-Saharan languages

The Nilo-Saharan languages are a hypothetical group of African languages spoken mainly in the upper parts of the Chari River and Nile rivers , including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of Nile meet....
 spoken in Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
, the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
, and Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
. This group includes the following languages:

  • Kenjeje (Yaali)
  • Masalit: Surbakhal, Masalit
    Masalit language

    Masalit is a Nilo-Saharan languages language spoken by the Masalit ethnic group in western Darfur. It has two sociolects: "heavy" Masalit, with a complicated agglutinative grammar, spoken by higher-ranking people and in the countryside, and "light", spoken particularly in the home and in the market, with a somewhat simplified grammatical st...
  • Aiki (Runga and Kibet, sometimes considered separate languages)
  • Mabang: Karanga, Maba, Marfa


The languages of the villages of Gaudefroy-Demombynes and Nachtigal, called "Mimi
Mimi language

"Mimi" is a name applied to several distinct and not particularly closely related Nilo-Saharan languages of the Ouadda? Region area of Chad, most commonly Amdang language but also including two Maban languages ...
", also appear to be Maban.

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  • at Ethnologue
    Ethnologue

    Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christianity linguistics service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles, in their native language....