Tedaga

TUQ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Tebou, Tebu, Teda, Tibbu, Toda, Todaga, Todga, Toubou, Tubu, Tuda, Tudaga

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 67% with Daza ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Saharan
Western
Tebu

Demographics: 28,500 in Chad (1993 census). Population total all countries: 42,500.

Language Use: Most also use some Dazaga [dzg], though at a low proficiency level. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Many separate groups. Seminomadic. Thousands reportedly residents of Libya. Muslim.