Sokoro

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
sok
Population

5,000 (1994 SIL).

Location

Guéra Region, Bahr Signaka department, Melfi subprefecture, Gogmi to Badanga.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.3
Dialects

Bedanga, Sokoro. Related to Mawa [mcw]. Lexical similarity: 55% with Tamki [tax].

Language Use

Most men also speak Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] ( Boyd 1989).

Language Development
2002 literacy classes. Bible portions: 2001–2005.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sokoro
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

A Djebren area group called, Tunjur of Melfi, may have spoken a now extinct Sokoro dialect; now reportedly mainly speak Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Muslim.