Alternate Names: Kana Masaraka, Massalit
Dialects: Dialect in West Darfur differs from that in South Darfur. Lexical similarity: 36% with Karanga ,, 42% with Maba ,, 45% with Marfa ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 350,000 in Sudan (2011 SIL). Population total all countries: 410,900.
Language Use: All ages. Majority use Arabic [apd] as L2; however, people in the central area and women know limited Arabic.
Language Development: Poetry. Radio programs. Grammar.
Typology: SOV; 10 vowels; verbal affixes: person, tense-aspect, subject number, negation, interrogation.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Sudan
Other Comments: Many fled to Chad due to war in Darfur (2011).