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Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture.^[2]

Saba
Native to	Chad
Region	south central
Native speakers	1,300, including Jelkung (2000)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic B Sokoro (B.3) Saba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`saa`
Glottolog	`saba1276`
ELP	Saba

Ethnologue lists Jelkung as a synonym;^[1] Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b Saba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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).
^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

References

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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.
Derendinger (1949). "Contribution à l'étude des langues nègres du Centre-africain". Journal des Africanistes. 19 (2): 143–194. doi:10.3406/jafr.1949.2599.

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