Masmaje language

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Masmaje
Native to Chad
Regioncentral
Ethnicity45,000 (2019) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mes
Glottolog masm1239

Masmaje (also known as Masmadje, Mesmedje) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad. [1] There are speakers in Moubi Hadaba Canton, Bitchotchi Sub-prefecture. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Masmaje language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Oxfam and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional . 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).

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