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Name: Tumtum
Type: Language
Spoken in: Sudan
Number of speakers: 7,300. 6,000 in Karondi, 1,300 in Tumtum (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 6500 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 7300 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: tbr
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup: Unclassified Nilo-Saharan; 4. Tumtum group (unns)
Child Dialects: Tumtum (tbr-tum) Talassa; Talasa (tbr-tal) Karondi; Kurondi; Korindi (tbr-kar)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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