| Kaba | |
| Nativename: | Sara Kaba |
| States: | Central African Republic, Chad |
| Date: | 1993–1996 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Fam2: | Central Sudanic |
| Fam3: | Bongo–Bagirmi |
| Fam4: | Kaba |
| Dialects: | Dunje (Dendje), Mbanga (Banga), Na (Náà), Tie (Tiye) |
| Lc1: | kwv |
| Ld1: | Kaba Náà |
| Lc2: | sbz |
| Ld2: | Sara Kaba (Ta Sara) |
| Lc3: | ksp |
| Ld3: | Kaba |
| Glotto: | sara1348 |
| Glottorefname: | Sara-Kaba |
| Glottoname: | adds Deme |
Kaba proper is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic. It is one of several local languages that go by the names Kaba and Sara. There are three ISO codes, which Ethnologue acknowledges may be the same thing.
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Prenasalized | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
Kaba has three tones: high, low, and mid.