Maban-speaking peoples

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The Maban-speaking peoples are a group of ethnolinguistically related communities in the border regions of Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad who share languages of the Maban branch of the Nilo-Saharan family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group
hasCountry Republic of Chad
linked to: Chad

Republic of South Sudan
linked to: South Sudan

Republic of the Sudan
hasDemographicCharacteristic multi-ethnic cluster of related groups
hasEthnicGroup Karanga people (Maban)
linked to: Karanga people

Kendeje people
Kibet people
Maba people
Masalit people
Runga people
Surbakhal people
hasEthnolinguisticCharacteristic mutually related Maban languages
hasEthnolinguisticRelation Maban language speakers
hasGeographicDistribution Chad
South Sudan
Sudan
hasHistoricalRegion Wadai Sultanate area
linked to: Wadai Sultanate
hasLanguage Karanga language
Kendeje language
Kibet language
Maba language
Mabaic languages
Masalit language
Runga language
Surbakhal language
hasLanguageBranch Maban languages
hasLinguisticClassification Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan
hasLinguisticFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
hasLinguisticFeature use of Maban branch of Nilo-Saharan
hasMacroArea Central Africa
Northeast Africa
Sahel
hasMigrationPattern cross-border mobility between Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad
hasPrimaryReligion Islam
hasRegion border regions of Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad
hasSocioeconomicActivity agriculture
pastoralism
small-scale trade
hasSubregion Darfur region
Wadai region
linked to: Wadai Region

eastern Chad
sharesCulturalTraitsWith other Sahelian Muslim communities

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Masalit people partOf Maban-speaking peoples