Tama (Chad)
Tama (Chad) is a Tamaic language spoken in Sudan and Chad.
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Tama, or Tamok, 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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Words in Tama (Chad)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | at* | |
| name | Nat* | |
| eye | meti* | |
| ear | utu* | |
| nose | 3mit* | |
| tooth | gargit* | |
| tongue | arat* | |
| hand | ada* | |
| blood | ai* | |
| bone | kiti* | |
| skin | gila* | |
| knee | awur* | |
| breast | oyut* | |
| liver | oro* | |
| water | kal | |
| fire | hu* | |
| sun | arir* | |
| star | mi5it* | |
| stone | arya* | |
| mountain | kura* | |
| tree | gan* | |
| leaf | aful* | |
| night | iSEta* | |
| dog | wi* | |
| fish | hut* | |
| louse | iti* | |
| one | kur* | |
| two | wari* | |
| I | wa* | |
| you | iy* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- AssangoriTamaic53% alike
- TuamotuanAustronesian11% alike
- Western PantarTimor-Alor-Pantar11% alike
- BirkedNubian10% alike
- PinyinAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- Bodo GadabaAustroasiatic10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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