Ditammari
Ditammari is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Benin and Togo.
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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.
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Written down
Oniti ti pɛi nɖɛ omɔũ yi kpaatri otɔu, kɛ yɛ̃ oniti ba we, o yi ɖo nnɛ fɛhɔ̃fɛ; o mɔkɛmu mɛcii kɛhã mɛyɛmmɛ. Ti tú nɛ ɖo kenyari ti tɔbɛ mbɛ kɛ yie mii ba nkwuɔ ko otɔu ɖau.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Ditammari
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | diyetiri* | |
| eye | fanuanfa* | |
| ear | dito* | |
| nose | diwani* | |
| tooth | dinini* | |
| tongue | fanandianfa* | |
| hand | tanota* | |
| blood | mayi* | |
| bone | diko* | |
| knee | dinuni* | |
| breast | kucinciku* | |
| water | mania* | |
| fire | muwa* | |
| sun | diyie* | |
| star | diwatiri* | |
| stone | ditadi* | |
| mountain | ditadi* | |
| tree | mutie* | |
| leaf | kufaku* | |
| night | kayenka* | |
| dog | tamuata* | |
| fish | tayinta* | |
| louse | dibE* | |
| one | deni* | |
| two | diani* | |
| you | a* | |
| we | ti* | |
| drink | ya* | |
| see | da* | |
| hear | ke* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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