Marfa

A language of Chad

ISO 639: mvu
Alternate Names: Marba
Population: 5,000 (1999 SIL).
Location:: Ouaddaï region: Ouara department, south of Abéché.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Maban, Maba
Dialects: Not a dialect of Masalit [mls]. Lexical similarity: 63% with Maba [mde], 69% with Karanga [kth], 45% with Masalit [mls].
Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Also use Marba [mpg].
Other Comments: Different from Marba [mpg], which is Chadic.

Location: Ouaddaï region: Ouara department, south of Abéché.