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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

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  • /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

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  • 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.

Maba Latin alphabet [4]
A aB bC cCh chD dDr drE e (Ɛ ɛ) F fG gH hI iJ jK kKh khL lM mMb mb
[a][b][c][ʃ][d][ɖ][ɛ][f][g][h][i][ɟ][k][x][l][m][ᵐb]
N nN̰ n̰Nd ndNdr ndrNj njŊ ŋNg ngO o (Ɔ ɔ)Pp R rS sT tTr trU uW wY yZ 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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