Alternate Names: Fiadidja-Mahas, Mahas-Fiadidja, Mahas-Fiyadikkya
Dialects: Mahas (Mahasi, Mahass). Lexical similarity: 67% with Kenzi ,, but not intelligible of it.
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Demographics: 295,000 in Sudan (1996). Population total all countries: 605,000.
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
Language Development: Poetry. Bible portions: 1860–1899.
Writing System: Arabic, Coptic (Old Nubian), Latin
Nation of Origin: Sudan