Mogum language

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Mogum
Native to Chad
Regionsouth central
Native speakers
7,000 (1997) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mou
Glottolog mogu1251

Mogum (also known as Mogoum) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. [1] Speakers are found in Sorki canton in Chinguil sub-prefecture. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Mogum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Oxfam and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional . 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).

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References

Dakouli, Padeu, Antje Maass, and David Toomey. 1996. Rapid appraisal of the Saba language of the Guera, Chad. N’Djamena: Association SIL. Manuscript.

Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 1961. Beobachtungen zur tschadohamitischen Sprache der Jegu (und Jonkor) von Abu Telfan (République du Tchad). Afrika und Übersee 45:95–123.

Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 1964. Die Sprache der Jegu im zentralen Sudan und ihre Stellung innerhalb der tschadohamitischen Sprachen. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 59/60:44–51.

Rendinger, Général de. 1949. Contribution à l’étude des langues nègres du Centre-africain. Journal de la Société des Africanistes. 19(2). 143–194. Online: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jafr_0037-9166_1949_num_19_2_2599.