Saba language

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Saba
Native to Chad
Regionsouth central
Native speakers
1,300, including Jelkung (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 saa
Glottolog saba1276
ELP Saba

Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture. [2]

Ethnologue lists Jelkung as a synonym; [1] Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Saba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Oxfam and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional . 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).
  3. ↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

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