Tunia

TUG

vigorous

Alternate Names: Tounia, Tun, Tunya

Dialects: Perim, Tunya. Not intelligible of other Bua languages.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
North
Adamawa-Ubangi
Adamawa
Mbum-Day
Bua

Demographics: 2,260 (1993 census).

Language Use: Perim dialect is extinct. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], French [fra], Niellim [nie], Sar [mwm].

Language Development: Grammar.

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.