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The Masalit (masara in 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...
; ) are a people of Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
 in western 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....
 and Wadai
Ouaddaï Region

Ouadda? is one of the regions of Chad of Chad and its capital is Ab?ch?. It is composed by the former Ouadda? Prefecture prefectures of Chad. Its main ethnic groups are the Chadian Arabs and the Maba people....
 in eastern 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....
. They speak 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...
, a Nilo-Saharan language
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....
 of the Maba group
Maban languages

The Maban languages are a small family of Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan. This group includes the following languages:...
. They numbered about 250,000 .

Between 1884 and 1921 they established a state called Dar Masalit.

The Masalit are well-known for their Muslim piety.








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The Masalit (masara in 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...
; ) are a people of Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
 in western 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....
 and Wadai
Ouaddaï Region

Ouadda? is one of the regions of Chad of Chad and its capital is Ab?ch?. It is composed by the former Ouadda? Prefecture prefectures of Chad. Its main ethnic groups are the Chadian Arabs and the Maba people....
 in eastern 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....
. They speak 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...
, a Nilo-Saharan language
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....
 of the Maba group
Maban languages

The Maban languages are a small family of Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan. This group includes the following languages:...
. They numbered about 250,000 .

Between 1884 and 1921 they established a state called Dar Masalit.

The Masalit are well-known for their Muslim piety.

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