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 toChad
Regioncentral
Native speakers
(35,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mub
Glottologmubi1246

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

Notes

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

References

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  • Johnson, Eric, and Calvain Mbernodji. 2006. Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue Moubi du Tchad. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006–003. Dallas: SIL International. Online. URL: https://sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2006-003.
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