| Tama | |
|---|---|
| Tamongobo | |
| Native to | Chad, Sudan |
| Region | Wadi Fira, West Darfur, South Darfur |
| Ethnicity | Tama, Kimr[1] |
Native speakers | 460,000 (2022–2023)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tma |
| Glottolog | tama1331 |
| Linguasphere | 05-DAA-aa |
Tama, or Tamongobo, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in Ouaddai, eastern Chad and in Darfur, western Sudan.[2] It is a Taman language which belongs to the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Miisiirii is often considered a dialect, though it is not particularly close.
- ^ a b Tama at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 454. ISBN 978-0195337709.
