Assangori

SJG

vigorous

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 ,. Lexical similarity: 62%–73% with Tama ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Western
Tama
Tama-Sungor

Demographics: 23,500 (1993 census).

Language Use: Vigorous. Most use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] as L2, although at low proficiency level.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%.

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Muslim.