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Maban language spoken in Chad and Sudan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maba (Maban, Mabang, or Bura Mabang) is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Maban branch spoken in Chad and Sudan. It is divided into several dialects, and serves as a local trade language. Maba is closely related to the Masalit language.[2] Most speakers of Maba reside in Chad with 542,000 speakers as of 2019. In 2022 there were 28,000 speakers in Sudan where the language is known as Sulaihab.[1]
Maba language is written with the Latin and Arabic Chad Alphabet.
A a | B b | C c | Ch ch | D d | Dr dr | E e (Ɛ ɛ) | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | Kh kh | L l | M m | Mb mb |
[a] | [b] | [c] | [ʃ] | [d] | [ɖ] | [ɛ] | [f] | [g] | [h] | [i] | [ɟ] | [k] | [x] | [l] | [m] | [ᵐb] |
N n | N̰ n̰ | Nd nd | Ndr ndr | Nj nj | Ŋ ŋ | Ng ng | O o (Ɔ ɔ) | Pp | R r | S s | T t | Tr tr | U u | W w | Y y | Z z |
[n] | [ɲ] | [ⁿd] | [ᶯɖ] | [ᶮɟ] | [ŋ] | [ᵑɡ] | [ɔ] | [p] | [ɾ] ([r]) | [s] | [t] | [ʈ] | [u] | [w] | [j] | [z] |
Arabic (Latin) [IPA] |
أ إ ( - ) [∅]/[ʔ] |
ب (B b) [b] |
پ (P p) [p] |
ت (T t) [t] |
ث (T t) [t] |
ج (J j) [ɟ] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabic (Latin) [IPA] |
ڃ (Nj nj) [ᶮɟ] |
چ (C c) [c] |
ح (H h) [h] |
خ (Kh kh) [x] |
د (D d) [d] |
ڊ (Nd nd) [ⁿd] |
Arabic (Latin) [IPA] |
ذ (S s) [s] |
ر (R r) [ɾ] ([r]) |
ڔ (Dr dr) [ɖ] |
ز (Z z) [z] |
ڗ (Tr tr) [ʈ] |
ژ (Ndr Ndr) [ᶯɖ] |
Arabic (Latin) [IPA] |
س (S s) [s] |
ش (Ch ch) [ʃ] |
ص (S s) [s] |
ض (D d) [d] |
ط (T t) [t] |
ظ (Z z) [z] |
Arabic (Latin) [IPA] |
ع ( - ) [ʔ] |
غ (Kh kh) [x] |
ݝ (Ŋ ŋ) [ŋ] |
ڠ (Ng ng) [ᵑɡ] |
ف (F f) [f] |
ق (G g) [g] |
Arabic (Latin) [IPA] |
ك (K k) [k] |
ل (L l) [l] |
م (M m) [m] |
ݦ (Mb mb) [ᵐb] |
ن (N n) [n] |
ݧ (N̰ n̰) [ɲ] |
Arabic (Latin) [IPA] |
ه (H h) [h] |
و (W w) [w] |
ؤ ( - ) [ʔ] |
ي (Y y) [j] |
ئ ( - ) [ʔ] |
A | E (Ɛ) | I | O (Ɔ) | U |
---|---|---|---|---|
أَ | أٚ | إِ | أٛ | أُ |
Aa | Ee (Ɛɛ) | Ii | Oo (Ɔɔ) | Uu |
آ | أٚيـ | إِيـ | أٛو | أُو |
a | e (ɛ) | i | o (ɔ) | u | ∅ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
◌َ | ◌ٚ | ◌ِ | ◌ٛ | ◌ُ | ◌ْ |
aa | ee (ɛɛ) | ii | oo (ɔɔ) | uu | |
◌َا / ـَا | ◌ٚيـ / ـٚيـ ◌ٚي / ـٚي |
◌ِيـ / ـِيـ ◌ِي / ـِي |
ٛ◌و / ـٛو | ◌ُو / ـُو |
Sample texts from "Mabaan Dictionary".[6]
Translation | Nyanna, when you go to Mulle's village, ask Mulle for my oil gourd the gourd that she borrowed the other day. When she gives it to you bring it in your hand so that I can pour out some of my oil because I don't have any left. |
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Latin Script | N̰anna, ne i ooddi ban Mullinye, dala ne i tooccaa Mulliti te lwan̰gon ya lwan̰gon uanne eke oŋiti. Dala ne i wondi owwa bieŋiti aŋka ya buaga luayi n̰on ya acaan ya balka geel moki bee. |
Arabic Script | ݧَنَّ، نٚ إِ أٛودِّ بَنْ مُلِّنْيٚ، دَلَ نٚ إِ تٛوچَّا مُلِّتِ تٚ لْوَ ݧْقٛنْ يَ لْوَ ݧْقٛنْ أُؤَنّٚ أٚكّٚ أٛݝِتِ. دَلَ نٚ إِ وٛڊِ أٛوَّ بِئٚݝِتِ أّݝْكَ يَ بُؤَقَ لُؤَيِ ݧٛنْ يَ أّچَانْ يَ بَلْكَ قٚيلْ مٛكِ بٚي. |
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