5,000 (1999 SIL).
Ouaddaï Region, Ouara department, south of Abéché.
6a (Vigorous).
Not a dialect of Masalit [mls]. Lexical similarity: 63% with Maba [mde], 69% with Karanga [kth], 45% with Masalit [mls].
Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] is L2, and most also use Maba [mde].
Different from Marba [mpg], which is Chadic.
Different from Marba [mpg], which is Chadic.