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Tammari is a language which is spoken in
Tammari is a language which is spoken in Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...
and Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
. 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
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern Iv ...
.
There are two versions of the language, Eastern Ditammari and Western Ditammari. Western Ditamari is also called Tamberma or Taberma.
Alphabet
The tones are indicated using the acute accent (high tone) and grave accent (low tone) on the vowel or the nasal consonant . Thenasalization
In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is .
In the Internationa ...
is indicated with the tilde
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on the vowels . The accent indicating tone can be combined above these vowels.See also
* Tamprusi language *Mamprusi language
The Mamprusi language is a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana, Northern Togo, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali by the Mamprusi people. It is partially mutually intelligible with Dagbani. The Mamprusi language is spoken in a broad belt acro ...
* Kusasi language
Kusasi is a Gur language spoken primarily in northern Ghana, and Burkina Faso. It is spoken by about 120,000 people and takes its name from the Kusasi people. Kusaal is closely related to Mampruli, the language of the Mamprussi, who live to the ...
* Gourmanché language
* Berba language
Berba, also known as Biali, Bieri, Bjeri, Bjerbe or Bialaba, is a Gur language of Benin. There are also a thousand or so speakers in the Kompienga Province of Burkina Faso, where they are believed to have originated;in the Savanes Region of Togo ...
* Bariba language
Bariba, also known as Baatonum (also Baatombu, Baatonu, Barba, Baruba, Berba and a number of various other names and spellings), is the language of the Bariba people of Benin and Nigeria and was the language of the state of Borgu.
It is primari ...
* Mòoré
* Gurene language
Gurene, also known as Gurenne, Frafra, Farefare or Gurune, is the language of the Frafra people, Gurene people of northern Ghana, particularly the Upper East Region, and southern Burkina Faso. It is a national language of Ghana, and is closely re ...
References
Oti–Volta languages Languages of Benin Languages of Togo {{gur-lang-stub