Saba language

Saba
Saba
Native to	Chad
Region	south central
Native speakers	1,300, including Jelkung (2000)
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)

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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