Saba language

Saba
Native toChad
Regionsouth central
Native speakers
(1,300, including Jelkung cited 2000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3saa
Glottologsaba1276
ELPSaba

Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture.

Ethnologue lists Jelkung as a synonym; Blench (2006), however, considers it a distinct language, in a different branch of East Chadic.