Tacho_people

Tacho people

Tacho people

Ethnic group of South Sudan


Tacho is an indigenous ethnic group of South Sudan based mainly around southern Kordofan and in the Moro Hills[citation needed] and in the areas surrounding the border between Sudan and South Sudan. They are also known by the names Tocho and Toicho;[1] about 90% of the population practice Islam[1] as their main religion.

They speak Tocho,[1] which is of the Talodi language group, with its root in the Niger-Congo languages. However they also speak Sudanese Arabic. Today their population possibly numbers less than 10,000.


References

  1. "Tocho A Language of Sudan". www.ethnologue.com. Retrieved 9 September 2012.



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