Marfa

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
mvu
Alternate Names
Marba
User Population

5,000 (1999 SIL).

Location

Ouaddaï region: Ouara department, south of Abéché.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Maban, Maba
Dialects

Not a dialect of Masalit [mls]. Lexical similarity: 63% with Maba [mde], 69% with Karanga [kth], 45% with Masalit [mls].

Language Use

Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Also use Marba [mpg].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Marfa
Other Comments

Different from Marba [mpg], which is Chadic.