Native to Chad Native speakers 280,000 (2006) | Ethnicity Lisi Dialects Bilala
Kuka
Mendogo | |
Region Chad, Batha and Chari-Baguirmi prefectures Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Central Sudanic
Bongo–Bagirmi
Bagirmi
Naba |
Naba is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by 300,000 people in Chad. 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 are also in Chari-Baguirmi. Ethnologue estimates the lexical similarity among the three dialects to be no less than 99%. Arabic is often known as a second language.
References
Naba language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA