Tama people

Tama
Total population
200,000–300,000
Regions with significant populations
 Chad
 Sudan
Languages
Tama language
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Fur, Masalit, Zaghawa, Nilo-Saharans

Tama are a non-Arab, African ethnic group of people who live in eastern Chad and western Sudan. They speak Tama, a Nilo-Saharan language. The population is 200,000–300,000 people and they practice Islam. Many Tama are subsistence farmers who live in permanent settlements and some raise livestock. In the civil war in Chad the Tama were involved in ethnic conflicts with the Zaghawa tribe.