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Naba language

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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