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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Chad > Tunia

Tunia

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3tug

Population  2,260 (1993 census).
Region  Moyen-Chari region, Barh Kôh Department, in Sarh and 3 small villages north.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 119
Alternate names   Tounia, Tun, Tunya
Dialects  Tunya, Perim. Not intelligible with other Bua languages.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Bua
Language use  Perim dialect is extinct. Some also use Niellim [nie], Sara Bakati [sre], Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], or French.
Comments  Traditional religion, Christian.