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Where is Mbara (Chad) spoken?

Mbara (Chad) is an Afro-Asiatic language, spoken in Chad. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
Pama-Nyungan

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Where Mbara (Chad) is spoken

Mbara (Chad) is spoken in one country: Chad.

Country
Chad

Mbara (Chad) has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Mbara (Chad)?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Mbara (Chad) sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Mbara (Chad) as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
Biu-Mandara
North Biu-Mandara
Musguic
Musgu-Mbara
Mbara (Chad)

Related languages

Other languages in the Musgu-Mbara group:

Musgu

More about Mbara (Chad)

Codes: ISO 639-3 mpk, Glottolog mbar1260. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Mbara (Chad)

Where is Mbara (Chad) spoken?

Mbara (Chad) is spoken in Chad. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Mbara (Chad) in?

Glottolog places Mbara (Chad) in the Afro-Asiatic family, in the branch Chadic, Biu-Mandara, North Biu-Mandara, Musguic and Musgu-Mbara.