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Tama language

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Native to
  
Chad and Sudan

ISO 639-3
  
tma

Ethnicity
  
Tama people, ?Kimr

Region
  
western Sudan and eastern Chad

Native speakers
  
(68,000, including Miisiirii, cited 1970–1993)

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Astaboran? Taman Tama–Sungor Tama

Tama, or Damut, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in eastern Chad and in western Sudan. It is a member of the Taman language family. Miisiirii is often considered a dialect, though it is not particularly close.

References

Tama language Wikipedia