Mararit
A language of Chad
| Population | 42,400 (1993 census). 15,376 Mararit, 27,012 Abou Charib. |
| Region | Wadi Fira region, Biltine Department, Am Zoer Subprefecture (Abou Charib), and Ouaddaï region, Assoungha Department, Mabrone Subprefecture (Mararit). |
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Chad, reference number 13 |
| Alternate names | Abiri, Abiyi, Ebiri, Mararet, Merarit |
| Dialects | Mararit, Abou Charib (Abu Sharib, Abu Sharin). Limited intelligibility between the Abou Charib and Mararit dialects. Very difficult intelligibility with Tama [tma]. Not intelligible with Sungor [sjg]. Lexical similarity: 62% with Tama [tma], 75% between the Abou Charib and Mararit dialects. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Western, Tama, Mararit |
| Language use | Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 0. |
| Comments | The Abou Charib live north of the Mararit and trace their ancestry to them. Agriculturalists; pastoralists: cattle, camels. Muslim. |
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