Mabire

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A language of Chad

User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker may have survived into the early 2010s.

Location

Guéra region: Bidiyo canton, Mongo-Rural subprefecture, Oulek village.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Dialects

Reportedly similar to Tounkoul dialect of Bidiyo [bid]. Lexical similarity: 37%–52% with Jegu dialect of Mogum [mou].

Language Use

All shifted to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].