Assangori
PrintA language of Chad
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Asong, Assoungor, Asungore, Azanguri, Bognak-Asungorung, Goran, Madungore, Soungor, Sungor
Population
23,500 (1993 census).
Location
Ouaddaï Region, Assoungha department, northwest of Adré and of the Masalit [mls] language area.
Language Maps
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
Sungor, Walad Dulla. Girga and Walad Dulla are ethnic groups which may or may not speak different dialects. Madungore may be a dialect of Tama [tma]. Lexical similarity: 62%–73% with Tama.
Language Use
Vigorous. Most use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] as L2, although at low proficiency level.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 0%.
Language Resources
Muslim.