Sungor language

Sungor language

language
name=Sungor
nativename=Assangori
states=Chad and Sudan
region=western Sudan and eastern Chad
speakers=approximately 38,000 (1993)
familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
fam2=Eastern Sudanic
fam3=Western Eastern Sudanic
fam4=Taman
fam5=Tama-Sungor
iso2=ssa|iso3=sjg|

The Sungor language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in western Sudan and eastern Chad. Primarily it is spoken in Chad. It is a member of the Taman language group of the Western branch of Nilo-Saharan. The majority of native speakers are Muslim and most use Chadian Arabic as a second language.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sjg Ethnologue Report on Sungor]


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