Runga

ROU

vigorous

Alternate Names: Aykindang, Rounga, Roungo

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Kibet ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Maban
Runga-Kibet

Demographics: 21,500 in Chad (1993 census), decreasing. Population total all countries: 43,000.

Language Use: Neutral attitudes. Most of the men also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] (Boyd 1989).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: The area is flooded for 6 months each year. Traditional religion, Muslim.