Saba language

Saba language

language
name=Saba
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Chad
region=south central
speakers=1,335 (2000)
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=East Chadic
fam4=B
fam5=B.3
iso3=saa

Saba (also known as Jelkung) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=saa Ethnologue entry for Saba]


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