Assangori
A language of Chad
| Population | 23,500 (1993 census). |
| Region | Ouaddaï region, Assoungha Department, northwest of Adré and of the Masalit [mls]. |
| Language map |
Chad, reference number 14 |
| Alternate names | Asong, Assoungor, Asungore, Azanguri, Bognak-Asungorung, Goran, Madungore, Soungor, Sungor |
| 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. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Western, Tama, Tama-Sungor |
| Language use | Vigorous. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 0 %. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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Ethnologue: Web |
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