Maban languages
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Maban languages, group of related languages spoken in the border area ofChad,Sudan, and theCentral African Republic. The Maban languages form a branch of theNilo-Saharan language family.Maba (also called Bura Mabang) is the largest Mabanlanguage in terms of number of speakers (more than 250,000). Other members of the group include Karanga, Kibet, Massalat, Masalit (Massalit), Marfa, and Runga. Maban also includes two languages known by the names of their first investigators asMimi of Nachtigal and Mimi of Gaudefroy-Demombynes (the latter also being referred to as Mime), both spoken in southeastern Chad. (SeeSidebar: The Peoples Known as Mimi.)