Editing Masalit language (section)

{{Short description|Maban language in Chad and Sudan}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Masalit
| nativename = {{lang|mul|Kanaa Masarak}}
| states = [[Chad]], [[Sudan]]
| region = [[Ouaddaï Region|Ouaddaï]], [[Sila Region|Sila]] ([[Chad]]), [[West Darfur]], [[South Darfur]] ([[Sudan]]),
| ethnicity = [[Masalit people|Masalit]]
| speakers = {{sigfig|982,000|2}}
| date = 2022–2024
| ref = <ref>{{e28|mls}}</ref>
| script  = [[Latin script|Latin]]
| familycolor = Nilo-Saharan
| fam2 = [[Maban languages|Maban]]
| fam3 = [[Maban languages|Masalit languages]]
| lc1 = mls
| ld1 = Masalit
| lc2 = mdg
| ld2 = Massalat
| glotto = nucl1440
| glottoname = Nuclear Masalit
| glottorefname=Masalit
| glotto2 = mass1262
| glottoname2 = Massalat
| ELP = 577
| ELPname = Massalat 
}}
[[Image:Darfur Linguistic Map.svg|thumb|right|Linguistic map of the non-Arab peoples of Darfur, showing the extent of the Masalit language in Sudan.]]

'''Masalit''' (autonym ''Masala/Masara''; {{Langx|ar|ماساليت}}) is a [[Nilo-Saharan]] language of the [[Maban languages|Maban language group]] spoken by the [[Masalit people]] in [[Ouaddaï Region]], [[Chad]] and [[West Darfur]], [[Sudan]].

Masalit, known as the ''Massalat'', moved west into central-eastern [[Chad]]. Their ethnic population in Chad was {{sigfig|29,800|2}} as of the 1993 census, but only 10 speakers of their language were reported in 1991.<ref name=e18>{{Ethnologue18|mls}}</ref>