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Tumak

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3tmc

Population  25,200 (1993 census).
Region  Mandoul region, Mandoul Oriental Department, Gouindi Subprefecture, southwest of Niellim [nie].
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 102
Alternate names   Dije, Sara Toumak, Toumak, Tumac, Tumag, Tummok
Dialects  Tumak, Motun (Mawer, Moden, Modin, Mod, Mot, Motin). Lexical similarity: 71% with Motun dialect.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, A, A.1, 1
Language use  Most speakers of Motun dialect also use some Sara Bakati [sre].
Language development  Dictionary. NT: 1988.
Comments  Erroneously called ‘Sara Toumak’.