Sungor language
Sungor (Assangorior Assangor) is a language of eastern Chad and western Sudan. It is spoken in an area located to the south of Biltine and to the north of Adré in Chad.[2]
| Sungor | |
|---|---|
| Assangori | |
| Native to | Chad and Sudan |
| Region | western Sudan and eastern Chad |
| Ethnicity | Sungor, Erenga |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1993 census)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sjg |
| Glottolog | assa1269 |
| ELP | Assangori |
| Linguasphere | 05-DAA-ae |
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. This community occupies precisely the northern part of the city of Adre. The department of Assoungha is relative to this tribe. Its population is estimated at more than 250,000.
Ethnologue lists the Erenga (ereŋa) dialect under Tama. It is spoken to the north and east of Geneina (Jeneina), Darfur.[2]
References
- Sungor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-9042922372
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.