Tacho is an indigenous ethnic group of
South Sudan based mainly around southern
Kordofan and in the Moro Hills
and in the areas surrounding the border between
Sudan
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and
South Sudan. They are also known by the names Tocho and Toicho;
about 90% of the population practice
Islam
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as their main religion.
They speak
Tocho,
which is of the
Talodi language group, with its root in the
Niger-Congo languages. However they also speak
Sudanese Arabic
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. Today their population possibly numbers less than 10,000.
References
Ethnic groups in South Sudan
Nuba peoples
Kurdufan
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