Saba language - Wikipedia

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Saba
Native to	Chad
Region	south central
Native speakers	1,300, including Jelkung (2000)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic B Sokoro (B.3) Saba
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

^ ^a ^b Saba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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).
^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

References

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.

East Chadic languages

East Chadic (A)

Sibine (A.1.1)	Mire Ndam Somrai Tumak Mawer Motun
Miltu (A.1.2)	Boor Gadang Miltu Sarua
Nancere (A.2.1)	Kimré Lele Nancere
Gabri (A.2.2)	Kabalai Southern Gabri Tobanga
Kwang (A.3)	Kera Kwang Buso

East Chadic (B)

Dangla (B.1.1)	Bidiyo Birgit Dangaléat Jonkor (Bourmataguil) Mabire Migaama Mogum Toram
Mubi (B.1.2)	Kajakse Masmaje Mubi Zirenkel
Sokoro (B.3)	Mawa Saba Sokoro Tamki Ubi
Barain (B.4)	Barein Jelkung
Others	Mokilko (B.2)

Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages

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