Tama language
| Tama | |
|---|---|
| Damut | |
| Native to | Chad and Sudan |
| Region | western Sudan and eastern Chad |
| Ethnicity | Tama people, ?Kimr |
Native speakers | (68,000, including Miisiirii, cited 1970–1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
tma |
| Glottolog |
tama1331[2] |
| Linguasphere |
05-DAA-aa |
Tama, or Damut, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in eastern Chad and in western Sudan.[3] It is a member of the Taman language family. Miisiirii is often considered a dialect, though it is not particularly close.
References
- ↑ Tama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tama (Chad)". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 454. ISBN 0195337700.
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