Saba language

Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture.[3]

Saba
Native toChad
Regionsouth central
Native speakers
1,300, including Jelkung (2000)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3saa
Glottologsaba1276[2]

Ethnologue lists Jelkung as a synonym;[1] Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.[4]

Notes

  1. Saba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Saba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Oxfam 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).
  4. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

References

Dakouli, Padeu, Antje Maass, and David Toomey. 1996. Rapid appraisal of the Saba language of the Guera, Chad. N’Djamena: Association SIL. Manuscript.

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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.