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Mubi

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3mub

Population  35,300 (1993 census).
Region  Guéra region, Guéra Department, Mangalmé Subprefecture, east of Mongo, centered in Mangalmé area. 135 villages. Possibly in Sudan.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 49
Alternate names   Moubi
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 71% with Zirenkel [zrn], 35% with Dangaléat [daa].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.1, 2
Language use  Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Comments  Different from Gude [gde] of Cameroon and Nigeria. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

JOHNSON, Eric; MBERNODJI, Calvain, authors. 2001. Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue Moubi du Tchad.

JOHNSON, Eric; MBERNODJI, Calvain, authors. 2006. "Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue Moubi du Tchad."  Available online