Kaba (Kabba), or Kabba of Goré, is a language of the Sara people in Central African Republic and Chad, with around 100,000 speakers.
| Kaba | |
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| Kabba of Gore | |
| Native to | Central African Republic, Chad |
| Ethnicity | Sara people |
Native speakers | (72,000 Kaba in CAR cited 1996, and 11,000 in Chad cited 1971)[1] |
Language family | Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ksp |
| Glottolog | kaba1281 |
There are several languages named Kaba, which is a local generic term approximately equivalent to Sara. Kaba of Gore is confusing classified as a Sara rather than as a Kaba language.
Kabba is a tonal language. There are three tones, High (H) Mid (M) and Low (L).
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