Sungor or Asungor is an ethnic group in

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

. They speak

Assangori Sungor (''Assangori''or Assangor'') is a language of eastern Chad and western Sudan. It is spoken in an area located to the south of Biltine and to the north of Adré in Chad.Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. L ...

, a Nilo-Saharan language. They numbered at least 60,000 according to a 1996 source.

Culture

The Sungor are mainly

pastoralists Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. The animal ...

who raise goats, camels, and cattle. They also engage in

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...

. Majority of the Sungor are Muslim.

References

Ethnic groups in Sudan Ethnic groups in Chad {{Africa-stub