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ISO 639-3 · mybmyb
Nilo-Saharan family

Mbay

Mbay is a language of the Sara branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Central African Republic and Chad.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
myb
Glottocode
mbay1241
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMbay
Also calledMbay language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Nilo-Saharan to Mbay

The branches above Mbay, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

160Nilo-Saharanfamily42Central Sudanicbranch25Bongo–Bagirmibranch11Sara-Bagirmibranch7SarabranchmybMbaylanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Central African Republic47 languages in the indexChad117 languages in the index

Also spoken in Central African Republic

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationsagSangoNiger–Congo · 500,0001 · NationalykyYakomaNiger–Congo · 110,0006a · VigorousbffBofiNiger–Congo · 23,5006a · VigorousyulYuluNilo-Saharan · 13,0006b · ThreateneddeqDendiNiger–Congo · 10,0006a · VigorousgygGbayiNiger–Congo · 5,0006a · VigorousmgnMbangiNiger–Congo · 2,7506b · ThreatenedzneZandeNiger–Congo5 · Developing