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This is the Indonesian language. For the "Maba" language of Chad, use and note that we call it "Bura Mabang". - -sche (discuss) 00:20, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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is the Maba language of Chad. There is also a Maba language of Indonesia, which has the ISO 639-3 (and SIL and Ethnologue) code, the ISO 639-2 code (note the redness of the links). Which code should we use for the language of Indonesia, and by which name should we distinguish it from the language of Chad? The Indonesian language is supposedly also called Bitjoli, Bicoli and Ingli, but none of those names are attested. The Chadian language is supposedly also called Borgu, Bura Mabang, Kana Mabang, Mabaa, Mabak, Mabang, Ouaddai, Ouaddaien, Wadai and Waddayen; the terms "Borgu language" and "Bura Mabang" and "Mabang" in reference to a language are attested ("Wadai" may even be attested, and "Bora Mabang", which Ethnologue doesn't mention, is also attested), so we could distinguish the two Mabas by renaming to one of those things. - -sche (discuss) 22:01, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * That's how we usually do it - rename to something else so  can get the "Maba" name. -- Liliana • 19:43, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Why would it need to be renamed? Is not a valid code?  19:48, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, not renaming "mde" per se, sorry for the confusion: changing the contents of "mde" (renaming the language whose code is "mde"), because there are currently two languages called Maba, and in the words of Highlander, there can only be one. - -sche (discuss) 19:58, 8 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Borgu seems to refer to Fulfulde, despite Ethnologue's listing it as a synonym of mde; Mabang seems to be a language-(sub)family name. "Bura Mabang", however, seems to be an actual alternate name of the language. I'll rename mde-Maba to Bura Mabang soon. - -sche (discuss) 23:54, 8 April 2012 (UTC)