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Tupuri language

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Tupuri
Native toChad, Cameroon
EthnicityTupuri people
Native speakers
230,000 (2005–2006)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3tui
Glottologtupu1244

Tupuri (or Toupouri) is a language mostly spoken in the Mayo-Kebbi Est Region of southern Chad and in small parts of northern Cameroon. It is an Mbum language spoken by the Tupuri people with approximately 300,000 speakers.

References

  1. ^ Tupuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)