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in the Guéra region of southern Chad. Its main dialects are not mutually comprehensible, with speakers having to resort to

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in order to communicate with each other. *''Jalkiya'' and ''Giliya'' (geographically and linguistically very close) *''Jalking'' (Sakaya) *''Komiya''

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* Dakouli, Padeu, Antje Maass, and David Toomey. 1996. Rapid appraisal of the Saba language of the Guera, Chad. N'Djamena: Association SIL. Manuscript. * Lovestrand, Joseph. 2011. The dialects of Baraïn. ''SIL Electronic Working Papers.'' Dallas: SIL International. Online: http://www.sil.org/silewp/2011/silewp2011-011.pdf. * Lovestrand, Joseph. 2012. The linguistic structure of Baraïn (Chadic). Dallas, TX: Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics thesis. Online: https://web.archive.org/web/20131116215919/http://www.gial.edu/images/theses/Lovestrand_Joseph-thesis.pdf. * Lukas, Johannes. 1937. Zentralsudanische Studien. Wörterverzeichnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1910–11, nachgelassene Aufnahmen von Gustav Nachtigal und eigene Sammlungen. Hansische Universität Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde 45, Reihe B, Band 24. Hamburg: de Gruyter. * Maass, Antje, Caroline Grant, Paul Huey, and Padeu Dakouli. 1996. Rapport d'enquête sociolinguistique : Première évaluation parmi les Barein du Guéra. N'Djamena: SIL; see also 2008 version: http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2008-004. * Rendinger, Général de. 1949. Contribution à l'étude des langues nègres du Centre-africain. ''Journal de la Société des Africanistes.'' 19(2). 143–194. Online: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jafr_0037-9166_1949_num_19_2_2599. East Chadic languages Languages of Chad {{Chad-stub