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'''Saba''' is an [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]] language spoken in south central [[Chad]]. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in [[Chinguil]] sub-prefecture.<ref name=PASISAT>[[Oxfam]] and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. ''[https://www.prospect-cs.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Atlas-Guera-Partie-1_v2016.pdf 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).</ref>
'''Saba''' is an [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]] language spoken in south central [[Chad]].


''Ethnologue'' 16 lists [[Jelkung language|Jelkung]] as a synonym; Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.<ref>Blench, 2006. [http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] (ms)</ref>
''Ethnologue'' lists [[Jelkung language|Jelkung]] as a synonym;<ref name=e18/> Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.<ref>Blench, 2006. [http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] (ms)</ref>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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==External links==
==References==
* Dakouli, Padeu, Antje Maass, and David Toomey. 1996. Rapid appraisal of the Saba language of the Guera, Chad. N’Djamena: Association SIL. Manuscript.
*[http://llmap.org/languages/saa.html Map of Saba language from the LL-Map project]
* {{Cite journal |last=Derendinger |date=1949 |title=Contribution à l'étude des langues nègres du Centre-africain |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/jafr_0037-9166_1949_num_19_2_2599 |journal=Journal des Africanistes |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=143–194 |doi=10.3406/jafr.1949.2599}}

{{East Chadic languages}}


[[Category:East Chadic languages]]
[[Category:East Chadic languages]]

Latest revision as of 10:44, 12 January 2023

Saba
Native toChad
Regionsouth central
Native speakers
1,300, including Jelkung (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3saa
Glottologsaba1276
ELPSaba

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

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  1. ^ a b 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)

References

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  • Dakouli, Padeu, Antje Maass, and David Toomey. 1996. Rapid appraisal of the Saba language of the Guera, Chad. N’Djamena: Association SIL. Manuscript.
  • Derendinger (1949). "Contribution à l'étude des langues nègres du Centre-africain". Journal des Africanistes. 19 (2): 143–194. doi:10.3406/jafr.1949.2599.


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