Tebu languages explained

Tebu
Also Known As:Tubu
Ethnicity:Toubou people
Region:Chad, Libya, Niger
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Saharan
Fam3:Western
Child1:Teda
Child2:Daza
Glotto:tebu1238
Glottorefname:Tebu
Map:Toubou map.svg

Tebu is a small family of two Saharan languages, consisting of Daza and Teda. It is spoken by the two groups of Toubou people, the Daza and Teda.

Tebu is predominantly spoken in Chad and in southern Libya by around 580,000 people. Daza and Teda have an estimated 537,000 and 42,500 speakers, respectively.[1]

Notes and References

  1. [SIL Ethnologue]