Fongoro language

Fongoro
Gele
Native to	Chad
Ethnicity	1,000 (2007)^[1]
Native speakers	a few elders (2007)^[1] extinct in South Sudan (1993)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi? Fongoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`fgr`
Glottolog	`fong1243`^[2]

Fongoro is a minor Central Sudanic language of Chad and formerly of Sudan.

References

1 2 Fongoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Fongoro". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Roger Blench (2012) Nilo-Saharan language listing

Central Sudanic languages

Bongo–Bagirmi

Bongo–Baka	Baka Bongo Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

Kara	Furu Tar Gula Yulu

Bagirmi	Barma Beraku Disa Fer Gula Jaya Kenga Morom Naba

Sara	Dagba Doba Gulay Horo Kabba of Gore Laka Mbay Nar Ngam Ngambay Sar

Kaba	Kaba Deme Kaba Na Kulfa

Vale	Ruto Vale

Other	Birri Fongoro Sinyar Yulu

Lendu
Ngiti

Moru–Madi

Moru

Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi

Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Other

Mimi of Decorse

Italics indicate extinct languages

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