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and western

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. It is spoken in an area located to the south of Biltine and to the north of

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in Chad.Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. It is a member of the

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language family. The majority of native speakers are

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and most use

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as a second language. This community occupies precisely the northern part of the city of Adre. The department of Assoungha is relative to this tribe. Its population is estimated at more than 250,000. ''Ethnologue'' lists the Erenga (''ereŋa'') dialect under Tama. It is spoken to the north and east of Geneina (Jeneina),

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References

Guinet, X. 1973. Esquisse d’une phonologie du Sungor. in Boyeldieu, P. (éd.), ''Problèmes de phonologie'', Bibliothèque de la SELAF, 38 :73-100. Nachtigal, G. 1938. Die Sprache der Sungor in Wadai. . Lukas ed.''Mitteilungen der Ausland- Hochschule und Universität'', Berlin, 41: 171-246.

External links

Erenga basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Taman languages Languages of Sudan Languages of Chad {{ns-lang-stub