![]() Flag used by some Masalit nationalists | |
Total population | |
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409,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Wadai Region Chad and West Darfur Sudan | |
![]() | 112,000 (2019)[1] |
![]() | 297,000 (2022)[1] |
Languages | |
Masalit, Chadian Arabic, Sudanese Arabic[1] | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Maba, Fur, Zaghawa, Nilo-Saharans |
The Masalit (Masalit: masala/masara; Arabic: ماساليت) are an ethnic group inhabiting western Sudan and eastern Chad. They speak the Masalit language.