Kaba language

Kaba
Sara Kaba
Native to	CAR, Chad
Native speakers	53,000 (1993–1996)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Kaba Kaba
Dialects	Dunje (Dendje), Mbanga (Banga), Na (Náà), Tie (Tiye)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `kwv` – Kaba Náà `sbz` – Sara Kaba (Ta Sara)
Glottolog	`sara1348` (adds Deme)^[2]

Kaba proper is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic. It is one of several local languages that go by the names Kaba and Sara. There are three ISO codes, which Ethnologue acknowledges may be the same thing.

References

↑ Kaba Náà at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sara Kaba (Ta Sara) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sara-Kaba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Central Sudanic languages

Bongo–Bagirmi

Bongo–Baka	Baka Bongo Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

Kara	Furu Tar Gula Yulu

Bagirmi	Barma Beraku Disa Fer Gula Jaya Kenga Morom Naba

Sara	Dagba Doba Gulay Horo Kabba of Gore Laka Mbay Nar Ngam Ngambay Sar

Kaba	Kaba Deme Kaba Na Kulfa

Vale	Ruto Vale

Other	Birri Fongoro Sinyar Yulu

Lendu
Ngiti

Moru–Madi

Moru

Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi

Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Other

Mimi of Decorse

Italics indicate extinct languages

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