Naba is a

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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

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and the Medogo, that represent the three dialects in which Naba is subdivided. They live mainly in the

Batha Prefecture Batha Prefecture ( ar, ﺇﻗﻠﻴﻢ البطحاء) was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the center of the country, Batha covered an area of 88,800 square kilometers and had a population of 288,458 in 1993. Its capital was Ati, Chad ...

, but the Kuka are also in

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. '' Ethnologue'' estimates the lexical similarity among the three dialects to be no less than 99%.

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is often known as a second language.

References

External links

A paper on an aspect of Bilala
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