The Mararit are an ethnic group of

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...

and Darfur, Sudan. Most members of this ethnic group are Muslims. They speak the

Mararit language The Mararit language is a Taman language spoken in eastern Chad. There are two dialects, Ibiri and Abou Charib, which Blench (2006) counts as distinct languages. The majority speak the Abou Charid. Mararit people live in Argid Mararit, Abid Mar ...

, which is a Nilo-Saharan language. The population of the group is estimated at 32,000.

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Ethnic groups in Sudan Ethnic groups in Chad {{Sudan-stub