Masalit language
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Name (Hebrew)
שפת מסליט
Name (Latin)
Masalit language
Name (Arabic)
لغة المساليت
Other forms of name
Jwisince language
Kaana Masala language
Kana Masara language
Masale language
Masara language
Massalit language
Massolit language
See Also From tracing topical name
Maban languages
See Also From tracing place name
Chad
Sudan
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q56557
Library of congress:
sh2012004116
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Edgar, J. Masalit grammar, 1989:p. 6 (autonym: kana masara; a language of the Maba group of the Nilo-Saharan ensemble)
- Ethnologue, 2009(Masalit [mls], a language of Sudan; also spoken in Chad; alt. names: Jwisince, Kaana Masala, Massalit; (in Chad): Kaana Masala, Masale, Masara, Massalit, Massolit; Classification: ... Nilotic, Western, Luo, Northern, Maban-Burun, Maban, Mabang, Masalit)
Wikipedia description:
Masalit (autonym Masala/Masara; Arabic: ماساليت) is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Maban language group spoken by the Masalit people in Ouaddaï Region, Chad and West Darfur, Sudan. Masalit, known as the Massalat, moved west into central-eastern Chad. Their ethnic population in Chad was 30,000 as of the 1993 census, but only 10 speakers of their language were reported in 1991.
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