Massalat
PrintA language of Chad
ISO 639-3
Population
10 (1991 R. Blench). Ethnic population: 29,800 (1993 census).
Location
Batha Region, Batha Est department, Oum Hadjer subprefecture, and Ouaddaï Region, Djourf-Al-Ahmar department, Am Dam subprefecture.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Language Use
Shifting to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Language Resources
Originally separated from the Masalit [mls] along the Sudan border and moved west. Muslim.