- Naba language
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Naba Spoken in Chad Region Chad, Batha and Chari-Baguirmi prefectures Native speakers 232,000 (1993 census) (date missing) Language family Nilo-Saharan?- Central Sudanic
- Bongo–Bagirmi
- Bagirmi
- Naba
- Bagirmi
- Bongo–Bagirmi
Language codes ISO 639-3 mne Naba is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by 232,000 people in Chad. Those who speak this language are called Lisi, a collective name for three closely associated ethnic groups, the Bilala, the Kuka and the Medogo, that represent the three dialects in which Naba is subdivided. They live mainly in the Batha Prefecture, but the Kuka are also in Chari-Baguirmi. Ethnologue estimates the lexical similarity among the three dialects to be no less than 99%. Arabic is often known as a second language.
External links
- Ethnologue report for Naba
- Map of Naba (also called Kuka) language from the LL-Map project
- Information on Naba language from the MultiTree project
- A paper on an aspect of Bilala
Categories:- Language articles with undated speaker data
- Languages of Chad
- Bongo-Bagirmi languages
- Nilo-Saharan language stubs
- Central Sudanic
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