'Naba' is a
Nilo-Saharan language spoken by 232,000 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.
External links
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Ethnologue report for Naba
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A paper on an aspect of Bilala