Tumak language

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Tumak, also known as Toumak, Tumag, Tummok, Sara Toumak, Tumac, and Dije, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Moyen-Chari and Koumra. Motun (Mod) and Tumak dialects have a lexical similarity of only 70%;[1] Blench (2006) lists Tumak, Motun, and Mawer as separate languages.[2] Most Motun speakers use some Sara.[1]

The "Gulei" listed in Greenberg might be a dialect of Tumak.[3]

Phonology

Consonants[4]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
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Vowels[4]
Front Central Back
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Tumak also has two tones;[4] high and low.

References

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  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. Chadic Newsletter
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