Mabaan

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A language of South Sudan

ISO 639-3
mfz
Alternate Names
Barga, Gura, Ma Baan, Maaban, Maban, Meban, Southern Burun, Tonko, Tungan, Ulu
Autonym
Mabaan
User Population

90,000 (2017 UBS).

Location

Upper Nile state: Mabaan county.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Nilotic, Western, Luo, Northern, Mabaan-Burun, Mabaan
Dialects

Partially intelligible with some southern dialects of Burun [bdi].

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes.

Language Development

Literature. Bible: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mabaan
Writing

Latin script [Latn].