Saba language explained

Saba
States:Chad
Region:south central
Speakers:, including Jelkung
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Chadic
Fam3:East Chadic
Fam4:East Chadic B
Fam5:Sokoro (B.3)
Iso3:saa
Glotto:saba1276
Glottorefname:Saba

Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture.[1]

Ethnologue lists Jelkung as a synonym; Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.[2]

References

Notes and References

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