Masalit
Masalit is a Maban language spoken in Sudan and Chad.
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Masalit (autonym Masala/Masara; Arabic: ماساليت) is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Maban language group spoken by the Masalit people in Ouaddaï Region, Chad and West Darfur, Sudan.
Masalit, known as the Massalat, moved west into central-eastern Chad. Their ethnic population in Chad was 30,000 as of the 1993 census, but only 10 speakers of their language were reported in 1991.
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Words in Masalit
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | knaggy* | |
| name | mirsi* | |
| eye | kogi* | |
| ear | kwoyo* | |
| nose | durmi* | |
| tooth | kaTiNe* | |
| tongue | gelmedi* | |
| hand | koro* | |
| blood | fariN* | |
| bone | konji* | |
| skin | baro* | |
| knee | kadiNyo* | |
| breast | aNguini* | |
| liver | Nati5a* | |
| water | sa | |
| fire | wasi* | |
| sun | ayiNge* | |
| star | kiyE* | |
| stone | ditEra* | |
| mountain | jebel* | |
| tree | siNyi* | |
| leaf | kwoyo* | |
| night | kosaN* | |
| dog | inje* | |
| fish | ku5o* | |
| louse | akiNgi* | |
| one | to* | |
| two | barra* | |
| I | ama* | |
| we | mi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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