Marfa
A language of Chad
| Population | 7,500 (1999 SIL). |
| Region | Ouaddaï region, Ouara Department, south of Abéché. |
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Chad, reference number 17 |
| Alternate names | Marba |
| Dialects | Not a dialect of Masalit [mls]. Lexical similarity: 63% with Maba [mde], 69% with Karanga [kth], 45% with Masalit. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Luo, Northern, Maban-Burun, Maban, Mabang, Maba |
| Language use | Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. |
| Comments | Different from Marba [mpg], which is Chadic. |
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