Fongoro, or Gele, is a nearly extinct
Central Sudanic language
Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nigeria and ...
of uncertain classification spoken in Chad and formerly in
Sudan.
References
*Roger Blench (2012
Nilo-Saharan language listing
Bongo–Bagirmi languages
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