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Tammari
Ditammari
Sign in Tammari and French
Native toBenin, Togo
EthnicityBetammaribe
Native speakers
150,000 (2006–2012)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Gur
      • Northern
        • Oti–Volta
          • Eastern (Somba)
            • Tammari
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tbz
Glottologdita1238
Tammari
PersonOtammari
PeopleBetammaribe
LanguageDitammari
The Lord's Prayer, in Ditammari. Church of the Pater Noster, in Jerusalem.
A Tammari house, in Togo

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 one of the Gur languages.

There are two versions of the language, Eastern Ditammari and Western Ditammari. Western Ditamari is also called Tamberma or Taberma.[1]

Alphabet

Alphabet (ABB)[2][3]
uppercase ABCDE ƐFHIK Kp
lowercase abcde ɛfhik kp
uppercase MNOƆP RSTUW Y
lowercase mnoɔp rstuw 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.

See also

  • Tamprusi language
  • Mamprusi language
  • Kusasi language
  • Gourmanché language
  • Berba language
  • Bariba language
  • Mòoré
  • Gurene language

References

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  1. 1 2 Tammari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Kuyie Nnáaǹtì Pátíri = Bible in Ditammari. Cotonou: Alliance biblique du Bénin.
  3. ↑ "Ditammari written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters". ScriptSource.org.


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