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 | |
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Tubu | |
Geographic distribution | Chad, Libya, Niger |
Ethnicity | Toubou people |
Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan? |
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Language codes | |
Glottolog | tebu1238 |
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.[1]
References
edit- ^ SIL Ethnologue estimates (Dazaga, Tedaga).