Ndam | |
States: | Chad |
Region: | Southwest |
Speakers: | 6,500 |
Date: | 1990 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | East Chadic |
Fam4: | East Chadic A |
Fam5: | Sibine (A.1.1) |
Iso3: | ndm |
Glotto: | ndam1251 |
Glottorefname: | Ndam |
Ndam, also known as Dam and Ndamm, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Tandjilé and Lai. Most of the speakers generally practice traditional religions, Islam, or Christianity. There are two dialects of Ndam - northern and southern, respectively - Ndam Dik, and Ndam-Ndam.