Massalat
A language of Chad
| Population | 10 (1991 R. Blench). Ethnic population: 29,836 (1993 census). |
| Region | Batha region, Batha Est Department, Oum Hadjer Subprefecture, and Ouaddaï region, Djourf-Al-Ahmar Department, Am Dam Subprefecture. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Luo, Northern, Maban-Burun, Maban, Mabang, Masalit |
| Language use | Shifting to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. |
| Comments | The Massalat originally separated from the Masalit [mls] along the Sudan border and moved west. Muslim. Nearly extinct. |
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