Saba is an
Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic ...
language spoken in south central
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...
. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in
Chinguil
Chinguil is a sub-prefecture of Guéra Region in Chad.
Demographics
Ethnic composition by canton in 2016:Oxfam
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sub-prefecture.
Oxfam
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History
Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...
and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016.
Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional
'. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).
''Ethnologue'' lists
Jelkung as a synonym;
[ Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.][Blench, 2006]
The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List
(ms)
Notes
References
* Dakouli, Padeu, Antje Maass, and David Toomey. 1996. Rapid appraisal of the Saba language of the Guera, Chad. N’Djamena: Association SIL. Manuscript.
*
East Chadic languages
Languages of Chad
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