Tumak, also known as Toumak, Tumag, Tummok, Sara Toumak, Tumac, and Dije, is an

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language spoken in the southwestern

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ian prefectures of Moyen-Chari and

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. Motun (Mod) and Tumak dialects have a

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of only 70%; Blench (2006) lists Tumak, Motun, and Mawer as separate languages. Most Motun speakers use some

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. The "Gulei" listed in Greenberg might be a dialect of Tumak.Chadic Newsletter
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Phonology

Tumak also has two tones; high and low.

References

East Chadic languages Languages of Chad Endangered Afroasiatic languages {{Chad-stub