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Jelkung language

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Native to
  
Chad

Glottolog
  
None

Region
  
south central

Native speakers
  
1,300, including Saba (2000)

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic B Mubi (B.1.2) Jelkung

ISO 639-3
  
saa (as a synonym of Saba)

Jelkung is a possible Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad.

Ethnologue 18 lists Jelkung as a synonym of Saba, in a different branch of East Chadic.

References

Jelkung language Wikipedia