Marfa

MVU

vigorous

Alternate Names: Marba

Dialects: Not a dialect of Masalit ,. Lexical similarity: 63% with Maba ,, 69% with Karanga ,, 45% with Masalit ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Maban
Maba

Demographics: 5,000 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] is L2. Also use Marba [mpg].

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Different from Marba ,, which is Chadic.