Tama language

Tama
Tama
Tamongobo
Native to	Chad, Sudan
Region	South Darfur, West Darfur, Wadi Fira
Ethnicity	Tama people, Kimr
Native speakers	(290,000, including Miisiirii cited 1993–2017)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Astaboran Taman Tama–Sungor Tama; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Tama; Orra; Girga; Haura; Madungore;
Writing system	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. 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.

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