Kabba language

Kaba
Kaba
Kabba of Gore
Native to	Central African Republic, Chad
Ethnicity	Sara people
Native speakers	(72,000 Kaba in CAR cited 1996, and 11,000 in Chad cited 1971)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Sara languages West Kaba; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ksp
Glottolog	kaba1281

Kaba (Kabba), or Kabba of Goré, is a language of the Sara people in Central African Republic and Chad, with around 100,000 speakers.

There are several languages named Kaba, which is a local generic term approximately equivalent to Sara. Kaba of Gore is confusing classified as a Sara rather than as a Kaba language.

Kabba is a tonal language. There are three tones, High (H) Mid (M) and Low (L).

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	(ŋ)
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	(ʔ)
	voiced	b	d		g
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑɡ
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Affricate	voiceless		(ts)	tʃ
	voiced		(dz)	dʒ
	prenasal		(ⁿdz)	ⁿdʒ
Fricative			s			(h)
Tap			ɾ
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

The glottal stop [ʔ] is only heard in word-initial position, before vowels.
/h/ occurs only in limited distribution.
Sounds /t, d, ⁿd/ are heard in complimentary distribution with affricate sounds [ts, dz, ⁿdz] when in word initial position before /i/.
/ɗ/ may have a retroflex [ɽ] or trill [r] allophone, when in intervocalic positions.
/ɾ/ may also be heard as a retroflex [ɽ] in free variation.
[ŋ] occurs as an allophone of /n/ when before a velar stop, or when at the end of root words or morphemes.

Vowels

Oral vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː	(ɨ)	u uː
Close-mid	e eː	ə	o oː
Open-mid	ɛ ɛː	ə	ɔ ɔː
Open		a aː

/ə/ is heard as [ɨ] when in CVCV open syllables.

Nasal vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	ĩ		ũ
Mid	ɛ̃	ə̃	ɔ̃
Open		ã

References

↑ Kaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Moser, Rosmarie (2004). Kabba: A Nilo-Saharan Language of the Central African Republic. München: Lincom.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

The Sara-Bagirmi Language Project -- Kaba

This Nilo-Saharan languages–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[e18-1] Kaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Moser, Rosmarie (2004). Kabba: A Nilo-Saharan Language of the Central African Republic. München: Lincom.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

v t e Languages of Cameroon
Official languages	French English
Major languages	Bamum Bulu Duala Ewondo Fulfulde Kom Lamnso Medumba
Pidgins	Cameroonian Pidgin English Camfranglais Ewondo Populaire Arabic
Indigenous and Immigrant languages	Chadian Arabic Afade Aghem Babanki Bafaw-Balong Bafia Baka Baldemu Bamali Bambalang Bana Bangolan Bankon Bata Bati Batu Bebele Bebil Beti Bikya Bishuo Bitare Bomwali Bonkeng Bube Bung Buwal Byep Caka Ceve Chamba Leko Cuvok Daba Dowayo Ɗugwor Duli Eman Esimbi Eton Evant Faʼ Fang Fanji Feʼfeʼ Fut Gawar Ghomalaʼ Gidar Glavda Gude Gunu Gvoko Hausa Hdi Hijuk Hina Hya Ipulo Iyive Jimi Jina Kaalong Kako Kali Kanuri Kare Kera Ki Kogo Kol Koma Kpwe Kuo Kutin Kwaʼ Kwakum Kwasio Laʼbi Lagwan Limba Limbum Luo Maɗa Mafa Majera Makaa Malgbe Manenguba Mangbai Manza Maslam Massa Matal Mazagway Mbəʼ Mboa Mbudum Mbuko Mbule Mbum Mefele Məgaka Mengisa Menyam Merey Mesaka Mfumte Mofu-Gudur Moloko Mono Mpade Mpumpong Mser Mundang Mungaka Musgu Muyang Nagumi Ndaʼndaʼ Ndai Nen Ngaʼka Ngambay Ngiemboon Ngomba Ngombale Ngwe Nimbari Njem Njerep Nkongho Noho Noni North Giziga North Mofu Northwest Gbaya Nyokon Nyong Nzakambay Nzanyi Nzime Oblo Oroko Pam Papia Parkwa Pinyin Pol Pongo Psikyɛ Rombi Sharwa South Giziga Suwu Swo Tibea Tikar To Tsuvan Tupuri Vame Vemgo-Mabas Vengo Vere Voko Wom Wuzlam Yamba Yambe Yasa Yedina Yemba Yeni Zizilivakan Zulgo-Gemzek Zumaya
Sign languages	Francophone African Sign Language Maroua Sign Language
See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

v t e Languages of the Central African Republic
Official languages	French Sango
National languages	Gbanu Kabba Kako Kare Laka Mbay Mbum Ngam Mbaka Pana Yaka Zande