Miisiirii (also called Mileri or Jabal
) is a language of western
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
and
Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
, spoken by the Mileri community of
Jebel Mun (Jebel Moon) in Darfur who claim a dubious
Messiria
The Messiria (), also known as Misseriya Arabs, are a branch of the Baggara ethnic grouping of Arab tribes.Adam, Biraima M. (2012)''Baggara of Sudan: Culture and Environment'' Amazon online Books. Their language is primarily Sudanese Arabic, wh ...
Arab descent,
[Edgard, John. 1989. ''Masalit Grammar: With Notes on other languages of Darfur and Wadai''. Dietrich Reimer.] they also have a few speakers scattered in Chad.
[ Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ]
Milerinkiya belongs to the
Taman language family. It is often considered a dialect of
Tama, though it is not particularly close.
References
Taman languages
Languages of Chad
Languages of Sudan
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