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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 23,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Tacho | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Talodi |
Tacho is an indigenous ethnic group of South Sudan based mainly around southern Kordofan and in the Moro Hills[ citation needed ] and in the areas surrounding the border between Sudan and South Sudan. They are also known by the names Tocho and Toicho; [1] about 90% of the population practice Islam [1] as their main religion.
They speak Tocho, [1] which is of the Talodi language group, with its root in the Niger-Congo languages. However they also speak Sudanese Arabic. Today their population possibly numbers less than 10,000.
