Sungor language
| Sungor | |
|---|---|
| Assangori | |
| Native to | Chad and Sudan |
| Region | western Sudan and eastern Chad |
| Ethnicity | Sungor, Erenga |
Native speakers | 24,000 (1993 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
sjg |
| Glottolog |
assa1269[2] |
| Linguasphere |
05-PEA-aa |
Sungor (Assangori) is a language of eastern Chad and western Sudan. It is a member of the Taman language family. The majority of native speakers are Muslim and most use Chadian Arabic as a second language.
Ethnologue lists the Erenga dialect under Tama.
References
- ↑ Sungor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Assangori". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Guinet, X. 1973. Esquisse d’une phonologie du Sungor. in Boyeldieu, P. (éd.), Problèmes de phonologie, Bibliothèque de la SELAF, 38 :73-100. Nachtigal, G. 1938. Die Sprache der Sungor in Wadai. [J. Lukas ed.] Mitteilungen der Ausland- Hochschule und Universität, Berlin, 41: 171-246.
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