The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: SOK
ISO 639-2: afa
| Population | 5,000 (1994 SIL). |
| Region | Central, Guéra Prefecture, Melfi Subprefecture, north and northwest of Melfi, from Gogmi to Badanga. |
| Dialects | SOKORO, BEDANGA. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.3. |
| Comments | Closely related languages: Saba, Barein. 55% lexical similarity with Tamki. Most men speak Chadian Arabic as second language. A group called the 'Tunjur of Melfi' in the area around Djebren may have spoken a now extinct dialect of Sokoro, and are reported to mainly speak Arabic now. Muslim. |
