Maban languages

For the Luo language, see Mabaan language.

Maban
Geographic distribution:	Chad, South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic
Linguistic classification:	Nilo-Saharan? Maba–Kunama? Maban
Subdivisions:	Mimi-N Maban proper
Glottolog:	`maba1274`^[1]

The Maban languages are a small family of languages which have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan family. Maban languages are spoken in Chad, the Central African Republic, Sudan (Darfur), and South Sudan, and includes the following languages:

Mimi of Nachtigal
Maban proper
- Kenjeje (Yaali, Faranga)
- Masalit: Surbakhal, Masalit
- Aiki (Runga and Kibet, sometimes considered separate languages)
- Mabang: Karanga, Marfa, Maba

The languages attested in two word lists labelled "Mimi", collected by Decorse (Mimi-D) and Nachtigal (Mimi-N), have also been classified as Maban, though this has been contested. Mimi-N appears to have been remotely related to Maban proper, while Mimi-D appears to have not been Maban at all, with the similarities due to language contact with locally dominant Maba.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Maban". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

G. Starostin, 2011. On Mimi

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