Sungor language
Sungor (also Assangorior, Assangor, Assangori, Songor, Asongor) is an Eastern Sudanic language of eastern Chad and western Sudan and a member of the Taman language family. It is closely related to Tama with some resarchers speaking of a Tama-Assangori continuum.
| Sungor | |
|---|---|
| Bognak-Asungorung | |
| Assangori | |
| Native to | Chad, Sudan |
| Region | Ouaddaï, Darfur |
| Ethnicity | Sungor, Erenga people |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1993) |
| Dialects |
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| Unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sjg |
| Glottolog | assa1269 |
| ELP | Assangori |
| Linguasphere | 05-DAA-ae |
Sungor is classified as Vulnerable by the Endangered Languages Project | |
Sungor is spoken in an area located to the south of Biltine and to the north of Adré (Ouaddaï) in Chad, as well as in Darfur in Sudan. It is spoken by the Sungor people, of which a majority are Muslim. The number of speakers was estimated at 23,500 according to the 1993 census of Chad.
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