Mararit language explained

Mararit
Also Known As:Ebiri
States:Chad, Sudan
Region:Wadi Fira, Ouaddai
Ethnicity:Mararit
Date:2023
Ref:e27
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic
Fam3:Northern Eastern
Fam4:Taman
Dia1:Ibiri
Dia2:Abu Charib
Iso3:mgb
Glotto:mara1396
Glottorefname:Mararit
Lingua:05-PEA-aa

The Mararit language is a Taman language of the Eastern Sudanic branch spoken in eastern Chad and western Sudan. There are two dialects, Ibiri and Abou Charib, which Blench (2006) counts as distinct languages. The majority speak the Abou Charib dialect. Mararit is reportedly not mutually intelligible with Tama and Sungor despite being part of the same Taman language group.

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):[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers.