Mubi language

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
Native to	Chad
Region	central
Native speakers	(35,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic B Mubi languages (B.1.2) Mubi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mub
Glottolog	mubi1246

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

Notes

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

References

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