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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Chad > Marba

Marba

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3mpg

Population  148,000 (2006).
Region  Tandjilé region, Tandjilé Ouest Department, north of Kélo.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 95
Alternate names   ’Azumeina, Azumeina, Kolong, Kulung, Maraba
Dialects  Monogoy.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Masa
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 0. Literacy classes. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1978.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  ‘Kulung’ is a place in the Marba-speaking area, not a dialect or language. Different from Marfa [mvu] (Marba) of Chad, which is Maban.