The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: MDG
ISO 639-2: ssa
| Population | 10 speakers or fewer (1991 R. Blench), out of an ethnic group of 29,836 (1993 census). |
| Region | East Batha Prefecture, Oum Hadjer Subprefecture, and Ouaddaï Prefecture, Am Dam Subprefecture. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Maban, Mabang, Masalit. |
| Comments | Nearly all now speak Chadian Arabic. The Massalat originally separated from the Masalit along the Sudan border and moved west. Muslim. Nearly extinct. |
