Naba language
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| Naba | |
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| Tar Melbene | |
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | Batha, Chari-Baguirmi prefectures |
| Ethnicity | Lisi |
Native speakers | 510,000 (2019)Template:Ethnologue27 does not exist |
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| ISO 639-3 | mne |
| Glottolog | naba1253 |
| ELP | Template:Endangered Languages Project |
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Naba is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by approximately 500,000 people in Chad.[1] Those who speak this language are called Lisi, a collective name for three closely associated ethnic groups, the Bilala, the Kuka and the Medogo, that represent the three dialects in which Naba is subdivided. They live mainly in the Batha Prefecture, but the Kuka also reside in Chari-Baguirmi. Ethnologue estimates the lexical similarity among the three dialects to be no less than 99%.[1] Arabic is often spoken as a second language.[1]
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
plain | (p) b | t d | tʃ dʒ | k ɡ | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑɡ | ||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||
| Fricative | f | s z | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Rhotic | r / ɻ | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
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Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
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- A central Script error: No such module "IPA". may be heard in fast speech and in vowel epenthesis.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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External links
- A paper on an aspect of Bilala Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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