Mbara may refer to:
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Mbara is an endangered Chadic (Biu–Mandara) language of Chad.
Mbara, and Yanga are mutually intelligible but separate Aboriginal language of Queensland, both now extinct. Glottolog assigns a code to a group level as Mbara-Yanga (mbar1254). Yanga is not to be confused with the Yangga language, a dialect of Biri.
The Mbara, also known as Kumbulmara, Mitjamba, Midjamba and Kumbulara, are or were an Aboriginal Australian people of the present-day state of Queensland. They spoke the Pama–Nyungan Mbara language.
The Yanga people, also spelt Jangaa, Janggal, Janga, and Yangaa, were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. They may be the same as the Yukulta/Ganggalida/Nyangga group. They are not to be confused with the Yangga.
Mitjamba may refer to: