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Maba language
Maban language spoken in Chad and Sudan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maba (Maban, Mabang, or Bura Mabang) is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Maban branch spoken in Chad and Sudan. It is divided into several dialects, and serves as a local trade language. Maba is closely related to the Masalit language.[2] Most speakers of Maba reside in Chad with 542,000 speakers as of 2019. In 2022 there were 28,000 speakers in Sudan where the language is known as Sulaihab.[1]
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Phonology
Vowels
- /ɛ, ɛː/ and /ɔ, ɔː/ may be realized as more close [e, eː] and [o, oː], when found in open syllable positions.
- Vowels may also be marginally realized as nasal when in nasal environments.
Consonants
- Stop sounds /b, t, k/ are heard as unreleased [p̚, t̚, k̚] when in word-final position.
- Sounds [p, h] are heard mostly as a result of loanwords. [z] is also mostly from Arabic loanwords, but also may occur in some native words as well.
- /t, d, ⁿd/ when preceding a tap /ɾ/, are then heard as retroflex [ʈ, ɖ, ᶯɖ].
- /ɾ/ may also be heard as a trill [r] in free variation.[3]
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Orthography
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Maba language is written with the Latin and Arabic Chad Alphabet.
A a | B b | C c | Ch ch | D d | Dr dr | E e (Ɛ ɛ) | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | Kh kh | L l | M m | Mb mb |
[a] | [b] | [c] | [ʃ] | [d] | [ɖ] | [ɛ] | [f] | [g] | [h] | [i] | [ɟ] | [k] | [x] | [l] | [m] | [ᵐb] |
N n | N̰ n̰ | Nd nd | Ndr ndr | Nj nj | Ŋ ŋ | Ng ng | O o (Ɔ ɔ) | Pp | R r | S s | T t | Tr tr | U u | W w | Y y | Z z |
[n] | [ɲ] | [ⁿd] | [ᶯɖ] | [ᶮɟ] | [ŋ] | [ᵑɡ] | [ɔ] | [p] | [ɾ] ([r]) | [s] | [t] | [ʈ] | [u] | [w] | [j] | [z] |
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Sample Text
Sample texts from "Mabaan Dictionary".[6]
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