Tumak language

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Tumak (also known as Toumak, Tumag, Tummok, Sara Toumak, Tumac, and Dije) is an East Chadic language spoken by around 25,000 people in southwestern Chad. The language is similar to the Motun and Mawer languages. Some think they are different dialects of the same language.[1] Blench says they are different languages.[2]

Tumak
Native toChad
RegionSouthwest
Native speakers(25,000 cited 1993 census)e18
Language family
Dialects
Tumak
Motun
Mawer
Language codes
ISO 639-3tmc

References

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  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  • Jean-Pierre Caprile, Lexique Tumak-Français (Tchad) (1975). Dietrich Reimer, 140 pp. ISBN 3-496-00540-8.