Tama language

Tama, or Damut, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in Ouaddai, eastern Chad and in Darfur, western Sudan.[3] It is a member of the Taman language family. Miisiirii is often considered a dialect, though it is not particularly close.

Not to be confused with Tama language (Colombia).
Tama
Damut
Native toChad and Sudan
Regionwestern Sudan and eastern Chad
EthnicityTama people, ?Kimr
Native speakers
(68,000, including Miisiirii, cited 1970–1993)[1]
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3tma
Glottologtama1331[2]
Linguasphere05-DAA-aa

Demographics

Tama is spoken by 63,000 people in Dar Tama, a well irrigated area near Guéréda that extends from Kebkebiya village to nearby Sudan. There are two nearly identical dialects, one spoken in the northern and central areas, and another one spoken in the south.[4]

Dialects

There are two dialects, Erenga and Mileere, spoken in the respective villages of (Ethnologue, 22nd edition):

  • Erenga dialect: Abu Shadra, Abu Suruj, Agar, Bir Dagig, Budiflo, Gezin, Giilint, Goboron, Immed Marloga, Kengrem, Kondobe, Kuma, Mardok, Matinoor, Muburung, Rigilmur, Saraf Jidad, Shitkol, Tord, and Zere
  • Mileere dialect: Salia town, in the Jabal Muun area

References
  1. Tama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tama (Chad)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 454. ISBN 0195337700.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-9042922372


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