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The Mararit language is a Taman language spoken in eastern Chad. There are two dialects, Ibiri and Abou Charib, which Blench (2006) counts as distinct languages. The majority speak the Abou Charid.

Mararit
Native to	Sudan, Chad
Region	western sudan and Eastern Chad
Ethnicity	Mararit
Native speakers	(42,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Astaboran? Taman Mararit
Dialects	Ibiri Abu Charib
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mgb
Glottolog	mara1396
Linguasphere	05-PEA-aa

Mararit people live in Argid Mararit, Abid Mararit, Wadah area, Donkey Kuma, Sani Kiro, in North Darfur State; in Silala area in South Darfur State and in Gienena province in West Darfur State. The Talgai, Mirakawi, Wilkawi, and Tirgawi are tribes of the Mararit people.

Dialects

There are three dialects according to Rilly (2010:175):[2]

• Mararit proper (autonyms: Ibiri, Abiri, Abiyi, Ebiri), spoken in Am Dam District, Chad. A minority is scattered in Sudan. Neighboring languages are Tama, spoken to the north, and Sungor, spoken to the south.
• Abu Sharib, spoken near Biltine, to the west of Mararit proper. It is intelligible with Mararit proper.
• Darnut, reported by Edgar (1991)

References

External links

• Mararit (Ibiri) basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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