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Kabba language

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Ethnicity
  
Sara people

Glottolog
  
kaba1281

ISO 639-3
  
ksp

Native to
  
Central African Republic, Chad

Native speakers
  
(72,000 Kaba in CAR cited 1996, and 11,000 in Chad cited 1971)

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Sara languages West Kaba

Kaba (Kabba), or Kabba of Goré, is a language of the Sara people in Central African Republic and Chad, with around 100,000 speakers.

There are several languages nnamed Kaba, which is a local generic term approximately equivalent to Sara. Kaba of Gore is confusing classified as a Sara rather than as a Kaba language.

Kabba is a tonal language. There are three tones, High (H) Mid (M) and Low (L).

References

Kabba language Wikipedia