Jelkung language explained

Jelkung
States:Chad
Region:south central
Speakers:, including Saba
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Chadic
Fam3:East Chadic
Fam4:East Chadic B
Fam5:Mubi (B.1.2)
Iso3:saa
Iso3comment:(as a synonym of Saba)
Glotto:none

Jelkung is a possible Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad.[1]

Ethnologue 18 lists Jelkung as a synonym of Saba, in a different branch of East Chadic.

Notes and References

  1. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)