Jelkung language

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Jelkung
Native to Chad
Region south central
Native speakers
1,300, including Saba (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 saa (as a synonym of Saba)
Glottolog None

Jelkung is a possible Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. [2]

Chad Country in central Africa

Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in north-central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. It is the fifth largest country in Africa and the second-largest in Central Africa in terms of area.

Ethnologue 18 lists Jelkung as a synonym of Saba, in a different branch of East Chadic. [1]

Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad.

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