Mabire language
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| Mabire | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | Guéra Province |
Native speakers | (3 cited 2001)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | muj |
| Glottolog | mabi1242 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Mabire is a critically endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Oulek village in Chad.[1]
Speakers
[edit | edit source]As of a report published in 2001, there were three living speakers of Mabire,[2] two of whom were an elderly brother and sister, named Terab and Balha, living in Oulek. The third speaker, Souleymane Dabanga, was the chief of the Mabire and lived in Katch.[3]
Classification
[edit | edit source]The Mabire language belongs to the Dangla group of Eastern Chadic, along with Dangaleat (Dangla) and Migaama (Migama).[4]
Decline
[edit | edit source]Fifty years ago, the Mabire lived in four large villages near Mount Mabire. These villages were Amdjaména, Arga, Mambire. The community disbanded following an epidemic, with the survivors assimilating into neighboring speech communities.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Mabire at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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- ^ http://www.sil.org/silewp/2012/silewp2112–004FINAL.pdf [dead link]
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- ^ Eric Johnson & Cameron Hamm. 2002. "Mabire: A Dying Language of Chad," SIL Electronic Working Papers 2002-002. online
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