Tammari is a language which is spoken in Benin and Togo. It is also known as Ditammari. The Tammari people, who live in Benin and Togo, mostly speak the language. There are about 47.000 speakers. About half live in Togo, the other half in Benin. Ditammari is of the Gur languages.
There are two dialects, Eastern Ditammari and Western Ditammari; the latter is also called Tamberma or Taberma.[1]
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Native to | Benin, Togo |
Ethnicity | Betammaribe |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2006–2012)[1] |
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Recognised minority language in | Benin |
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ISO 639-3 | tbz |
Glottolog | dita1238 |
Tammari | |
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Person | Otammari |
People | Betammaribe |
Language | Ditammari |
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uppercase | A | B | C | D | E | Ɛ | F | H | I | K | Kp | ||||||||||||
lowercase | a | b | c | d | e | ɛ | f | h | i | k | kp | ||||||||||||
uppercase | M | N | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | ||||||||||||
lowercase | m | n | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | w | y |
The tones are indicated using the acute accent (high tone) and grave accent (low tone) on the vowel ⟨á é ɛ́ í ó ɔ́ ú à è ɛ̀ ì ò ɔ̀ ù⟩ or the nasal consonant ⟨ḿ ń m̀ ǹ⟩. The nasalization is indicated with the tilde on the vowels ⟨ã ɛ̃ ĩ ɔ̃ ũ⟩. The accent indicating tone can be combined above these vowels.
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