Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture.[2]
Saba | |
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Native to | Chad |
Region | south central |
Native speakers | 1,300, including Jelkung (2000)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | saa |
Glottolog | saba1276 |
ELP | Saba |
Ethnologue lists Jelkung as a synonym;[1] Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.[3]
Dakouli, Padeu, Antje Maass, and David Toomey. 1996. Rapid appraisal of the Saba language of the Guera, Chad. N’Djamena: Association SIL. Manuscript.
Rendinger, Général de. 1949. Contribution à l’étude des langues nègres du Centre-africain. Journal de la Société des Africanistes. 19(2). 143–194. Online: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jafr_0037-9166_1949_num_19_2_2599.
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Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |
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