MOZ ISO 639-3
Mukulu
Gergiko Autonym
A language of Chad
- ISO 639
- moz
- Alternate Names
- Diongor Guera, Djonkor Guera, Dyongor Guera, Guerguiko, Jonkor-Gera, Mokoulou, Mokulu
- Autonym
- Gergiko
- Population
- 12,000 (1990 SIL).
- Location:
- Guéra region: Guéra department, Bitkine subprefecture, Djarkatché, Doli, Gougué, Morgué, Moukoulou, and Séguine villages below Guera massif.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.2
- Dialects
- Mokilko, Seginki, Doliki, Moriko, Mezimko, Gugiko.
- Language Use
- All domains. Used by all. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], but with low proficiency.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2019.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mukulu
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Gergiko and Gergagi (pl.) are umbrella terms of recent creation to include all villages and dialects of this language, since Mukulu (or Mokilko), which is always used in the literature, properly designates only the principal village and its speech. Traditional religion.
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Location: Guéra region: Guéra department, Bitkine subprefecture, Djarkatché, Doli, Gougué, Morgué, Moukoulou, and Séguine villages below Guera massif.
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