Tacho people

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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.

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