Tebu languages
Tebu is a small family of two Saharan languages, consisting of Daza and Teda. It is spoken by the two groups of Toubou people, the Daza and Teda.
| Tebu | |
|---|---|
| Tubu | |
| Ethnicity | Tubu people |
| Geographic distribution | Chad, Libya, Niger |
| Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | tebu1238[1] |
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Tebu is predominantly spoken in Chad and in southern Libya by around 580,000 people. Daza and Teda have an estimated 537,000 and 42,500 speakers, respectively.[2]
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tebu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- SIL Ethnologue estimates (Dazaga, Tedaga).
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