Kaba language


Kaba proper is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic. It is one of several local languages that go by the names Kaba and Sara. There are three ISO codes, which Ethnologue acknowledges may be the same thing.

Phonology

  • /k/ can often be heard as a uvular plosive .
  • /k/ can also often be pronounced as a fricative /x/ by some speakers.
  • /ɗ/ is often interchangeable with , but is pronounced in careful speech, except word-finally, where it is pronounced .
  • /tʃ/ is only found in one word.
FrontCentralBack
High
Mid-high
Mid-low
Low

Kaba has three tones: high, low, and mid.