Marfa language
{{Short description|Maban language spoken in Chad}}
{{distinguish|Marba language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Marfa
|nativename=Marba
|states=Chad
|region=Ouaddaï
|ethnicity=Marfa people
|speakers=5,000
|date=1999
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
|fam2=Maban
|fam3=Mabang
|iso3=mvu
|glotto=marf1238
|glottorefname=Marfa
}}
Marfa is a Maban language spoken in Chad. It is not a dialect of the Masalit language.
Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Edgar |first=John T. |year=1991 |title=Maba-group Lexicon |series=Sprache und Oralität in Afrika: Frankfurter Studien zur Afrikanistik |volume=13 |location=Berlin |publisher=Dietrich Reimer |isbn=9783496005940 |oclc=26275201}}
- {{cite book |last=Lebeuf |first=Annie M.-D |year=1959 |title=Les populations du Tchad (Nord du 10e parallèle) |series=Ethnographic survey of Africa, Western Africa, French series |volume=8 |location=Paris |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France for the International African Institute |oclc=631472}}
- {{cite book |last=Le Rouvreur |first=Albert |year=1962 |title=Sahéliens et Sahariens du Tchad |series=L'Homme d'Outre-Mer: Nouvelle Série |volume=5 |location=Paris |publisher=Berger-Levrault |url=https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:12585 |oclc=741527982}}
- {{cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Doris |first2=David |last2=Faris |year=1994 |title=Une étude lexicostatistique et sociolinguistique des langues maba, marfa, karanga, et kashmere du Ouaddaï |location=N'Djaména |publisher=SIL}}
References
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{{Maban languages}}
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