Tama | |
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Tamongobo | |
Native to | Chad, Sudan |
Region | Wadi Fira, West Darfur, South Darfur |
Ethnicity | Tama, Kimr[1] |
Native speakers | 460,000 (2022–2023)[1] |
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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.