Saba language

Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture.[3]

Saba
Native toChad
Regionsouth central
Native speakers
1,300, including Jelkung (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3saa
Glottologsaba1276
ELPSaba[2]

Ethnologue lists Jelkung as a synonym;[1] Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.[4]

Notes

  1. Saba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Saba.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.

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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