Tungri
Tungri (in Latin: Tungri or Tongri ) is people of the Gaulle Belgium.
Ptolémée gives them Atuatucum for capital (probably a fortress). Tacit, mentions also these people. They are the same ones as the Éburons, with the result that Jules César does not mention Tongres, because he knows them only under the name of Eburons. Pline on the contrary, names Eburons " Tongres".
The etymology suggested is: word derived from " tong" (Netherlander, English, German) = " langue" (the body), therefore: those which speak our language . As César had claimed that it had exterminated Eburons, they accepted another name, that which they gave each other to themselves.
They are commonly called Germains by the Gaulois.
Tungris probably lived the provinces modern of the Belgian Limbourg, Dutch Limbourg and part of modern Germany approximately until Aachen. In this zone the dialect limbourgeois rather uniform and is still usually spoken. The Belgian city of Tongeren (Tongres) was the seat of a Légion (partial).
See: Éburons
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