*** Welcome to piglix ***

Maban languages

Maban
Geographic
distribution:
Chad, South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic
Linguistic classification: Nilo-Saharan?
  • Maba–Kunama?
    • Maban
Subdivisions:
Glottolog: maba1274

The Maban languages are a small family of languages which have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan family. Maban languages are spoken in Chad, the Central African Republic, Sudan (Darfur), and South Sudan, and includes the following languages:

The languages attested in two word lists labelled "", collected by Decorse (Mimi-D) and Nachtigal (Mimi-N), have also been classified as Maban, though this has been contested. Mimi-N appears to have been remotely related to Maban proper, while Mimi-D appears to have not been Maban at all, with the similarities due to language contact with locally dominant Maba.



...
Wikipedia

...