Maban languages
| Maban | |
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| Geographic distribution | Chad, South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic |
| Linguistic classification |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Glottolog | maba1274[1] |
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:
- Mimi of Nachtigal
- Maban proper
The languages attested in two word lists labelled "Mimi", 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.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maban". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- G. Starostin, 2011. On Mimi
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