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Mubi language

Mubi is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad. It forms one of the Mubi languages, a group of East Chadic languages.

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Mubi
Native toChad
Regioncentral
Native speakers
(35,000 cited 1993 census)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3mub
Glottologmubi1246

Mubi (also known as Moubi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad. It forms one of the Mubi languages, a group of East Chadic languages.

Mubi speakers comprise the majority of the population of Mangalmé Department.2

Notes

Notes

  1. Mubi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Atlas régional de la vulnérabilité dans le Guéra" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
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References

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