Naba is a Central Sudanic language that is possibly part of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It has about 510,000 speakers mainly in Batha-Est and Bahr-el-Gazel prefectures in central Chad, and also in Guéra and Hadjer-Lamis Prefectures. Speakers of Naba are known as Lisi, which is a collective name for the Bilala, Kuka and Medogo ethnic groups, each of which speaks a different dialect of the language.
Naba is also known as Melbene, Bilala or Tar Melbene. There are three mains dialects of Naba: Bilala, Kuka and Medogo, which share around 99% of their vocabulary. Some have sub-dialects as well. Naba is written with the Latin alphabet using an orthography developed by the Federaton of Associations for the Promotion of National Languages between 2018 and 2021. Other orthographies are available.
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Information about Naba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naba_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naba_(langue)
http://www.language-archives.org/language/mne
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/mne
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369514682_phonological_description_of_Naba
Aringa, Avokaya, Bagirmi, Baka, Beli, Bongo, Jur Modo, Keliko, Lugbara, Ma'di, Morokodo, Moru, Naba, Olu'bo, Wa'di
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
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