Taman Language (other)
Taman may refer to: * Taman language (Indonesia), an Austronesian language of Borneo * Taman language (Burma), an extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar See also * Taman languages, a language group of Africa * Tama languages, a language group of Papua New Guinea * Tama language, a language of Chad and Sudan * Tama language (Colombia) * Tamang language Tamang (Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāng'') is a term used to collectively refer to a dialect cluster spoken mainly in Nepal, Sikkim, West Bengal (Darjeeling) and North-Eastern India. It comprises Eastern Tamang, Northwestern Tamang, S ...

Taman Language (Indonesia)
Taman is an Austronesian ( Dayak) language of Borneo. Alongside Embaloh, it comprises the Tamanic brach of the South Sulawesi language family. References Languages of Indonesia South Sulawesi languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Taman Language (Burma)
Taman is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in Htamanthi village in Homalin Township, Sagaing Region, northern Myanmar. It was documented in a list of 75 words in Brown (1911). Keisuke Huziwara (2016) discovered an elderly rememberer of Taman in Htamanthi who could remember some Taman phrases as well as a short song, but was not fluent in the Taman language. However, no fluent speakers of Taman remained in the area. Language shift Taman speakers have since shifted to Burmese and Tai Naing (Red Shan), a Tai language spoken in northern Myanmar. Matisoff (2013:25) surmises that pressure from the formerly widespread Kadu language had caused Taman to become marginalized. The descendants of Taman speakers have since been assimilated into Shan society. Classification Benedict (1972) and Shafer (1974) classified Taman as part of the Luish branch of languages. Words and affixes shared exclusively between Luish and Taman are (Huziwara 2016): *negative prefix (Proto-Luish ...
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Taman Languages
The Taman languages form a putative branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family spoken in Chad and Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ..., though ''Glottolog'' notes that "no conclusive, methodologically sound basis for assigning Tama to Eastern Sudanic" has been presented. The languages are: *Tama ** Mararit (Ibiri, Abu Charib) **(other) *** Miisiirii ***Tama–Sungor **** Sungor (Assangori, incl. Erenga) **** Tama (Damut) Claude Rilly (2010)Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. includes reconstructions for Proto-Taman. See also * List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions (Wiktionary) References Language families Northern Eastern Sudanic languages {{Ns-lang-stub ...
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Tama Languages
The Tama languages are a small family of three clusters of closely related languages of northern Papua New Guinea, spoken just to the south of Nuku town in eastern Sandaun Province. They are classified as subgroup of the Sepik languages. ''Tama'' is the word for 'man' in the languages that make up this group. Yessan-Mayo and Mehek are the best documented Tama languages. Languages Usher (2020) classifies the Tama languages as follows,Tama
New Guinea World ;Tama *Pasi–Yamano: Ayi, ,
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Tama Language
Tama, or Damut, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in Ouaddai Region, Ouaddai, eastern Chad and in Darfur, western Sudan. It is a member of the Taman languages, Taman language family. Miisiirii language, Miisiirii is often considered a dialect, though it is not particularly close. Demographics Tama is spoken by 63,000 people in Dar Tama, a well irrigated area near Guéréda that extends from Kebkebiya village to nearby Sudan. There are two nearly identical dialects, one spoken in the northern and central areas, and another one spoken in the south.Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. References External links Tama basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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Tama Language (Colombia)
Tama is an extinct indigenous Tucanoan language of Colombia. It was spoken in the regions of Vicente, Orteguaza River Orteguaza River () is a river of Colombia, located in the Department of Caqueta. It is part of the Amazon River basin. See also * List of rivers of Colombia References *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Rivers of Colombia