Tumak
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A language of Chad
Alternate Names
Bə̀g ɗə təmàgə́ə̀n, Dije, Sara Toumak, Toumak, Tumac, Tumag, Tummok
User Population
25,200 (1993 census).
Location
Mandoul region: Mandoul Oriental department, Gouindi subprefecture; northwest Moyen-Chari and east Tandjilé regions.
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Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Dialects
Tumak, Motun (Mawer, Mod, Moden, Modin, Mot, Motin). Lexical similarity: 71% with Motun dialect, 33% with Soumraye [sor].
Language Use
Some also use Sar [mwm], especially speakers of Motun dialect.
Language Development
Dictionary. NT: 1988.
Erroneously called Sara Toumak.