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Kabalai

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3kvf

Population  17,900 (1993 census).
Region  Southwest Chad, Tandjile Prefecture, Lai Subprefecture; Lai and to the south on the eastern bank of Logone River.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 98
Alternate names   Gablai, Kaba-Lai, Kabalay, Kabalaye, Keb-Kaye, Lai, Lay
Dialects  May be intelligible with Nancere [nnc].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, A, A.2, 2
Comments  Erroneously called ‘Sara’ or ‘Kaba of Lai’.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HAMM, Cameron, author. 2001. Sociolinguistic survey of the Kabalay language of Chad.

HAMM, Cameron, author. 2003. "Sociolinguistic survey of the Kabalay language of Chad."  Available online