Sungor | |
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Bognak-Asungorung | |
Assangori | |
Native to | Chad, Sudan |
Region | Ouaddaï, Darfur |
Ethnicity | Sungor, Erenga |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2023)[1] |
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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 (also Assangorior, Assangor, Assangori, Songor, Asongor) is an Eastern Sudanic language of eastern Chad and western Sudan and a member of the Taman branch. It is closely related to Tama with some researchers speaking of a Tama-Assangori continuum.[2][3][4]
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.[5][2] It is spoken by the Sungor people, of which a majority are Muslim.[3] The number of speakers was estimated at 23,500 according to the 1993 census of Chad.[4]