Massalat

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
mdg
User Population

10 (1991 R. Blench). Ethnic population: 29,800 (1993 census).

Location

Batha region: Batha Est department, Oum Hadjer subprefecture; Sila region: Djourf-Al-Ahmar department, Am Dam subprefecture.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Maban, Masalit
Language Use

Shifted to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Massalat
Other Comments

Originally separated from the Masalit [mls] along the Sudan border and moved west. Muslim.