Tebu languages
Saharan language family
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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.
EthnicityToubou people
| Tebu | |
|---|---|
| Tubu | |
| Geographic distribution | Chad, Libya, Niger |
| Ethnicity | Toubou people |
| Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan? |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | tebu1238 |
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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.[1]