Masalit language

E247373

Masalit language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Masalit people in western Sudan and eastern Chad.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Masalit language canonical 18

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Sudanic language ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Kantana ⓘ
Masara ⓘ
Massalit ⓘ
associatedWithConflictRegion Darfur conflict ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Maban–Masalit group ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus not official ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottocode masa1320 ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Masaleet ⓘ
Masalitʼ ⓘ
linked to: Masaleet
hasDialect Northern Masalit ⓘ
Southern Masalit ⓘ
hasEthnicPopulation Masalit ethnic group ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue Masalit ⓘ
linked to: Ethnologue
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Karanga language ⓘ
Maba language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity refugee communities in Chad ⓘ
iso639-3Code mls ⓘ
isSubjectOf Masalit language dictionaries ⓘ
Masalit language grammars ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Sudanic ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
name Masalit ⓘ
linked to: Masalit people
neighboringLanguage Fur language ⓘ
Maba language ⓘ
Runga language ⓘ
linked to: Karanga language
primaryUse home and community domains ⓘ
region Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region

West Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region
spokenBy Masalit people ⓘ
spokenIn Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
spokenInRegion eastern Chad ⓘ
western Sudan ⓘ
threatenedBy Arabic language dominance ⓘ
language shift to Arabic ⓘ
usedBy ethnic group in Chad ⓘ
ethnic group in Sudan ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maban languages → hasMember → Masalit language ⓘ
Maban languages → hasNotableLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
Maba language → hasGeneticRelation → Masalit language ⓘ
Masalit people → language → Masalit language ⓘ
For language → hasNeighborLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
western Sudan → hasLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
Darfur region → languageSpoken → Masalit language ⓘ
Sinyar language → hasNeighboringLanguages → Masalit language ⓘ
Eastern Chad → hasLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Chad
Massalit → languageSpoken → Masalit language ⓘ
Massalit → nativeLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
Masara → alternateNameOf → Masalit language ⓘ
Northern Masalit → subdivisionOf → Masalit language ⓘ
Masaleet → alternativeNameOf → Masalit language ⓘ
Geneina area → hasLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
Maban-speaking peoples → hasLanguage → Masalit language ⓘ
Southern Masalit → partOf → Masalit language ⓘ