Saba language
| Saba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | south central |
Native speakers | 1,300, including Jelkung (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
saa |
| Glottolog |
saba1276[2] |
Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad.
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 2 Saba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Saba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ 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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