Naba is a
Nilo-Saharan language
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spoken by approximately 900,000 people in
Chad. Those who speak this language are called
Lisi, a collective name for three closely associated ethnic groups, the
Bilala, the
Kuka
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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 Chari-Baguirmi may refer to:
* Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture, one of the 14 prefectures of Chad, 1960–1999
* Chari-Baguirmi Region
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. ''
Ethnologue'' estimates the lexical similarity among the three dialects to be no less than 99%.
[ ]Arabic
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is often known as a second language.
References
External links
A paper on an aspect of Bilala
Languages of Chad
Bongo–Bagirmi languages
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