Tammari language explained

Tammari
Nativename:Ditammari
States:Benin, Togo
Ethnicity:Betammaribe
Date:2006–2012
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Northern
Fam5:Oti–Volta
Fam6:Eastern (Somba)
Minority: Benin
Iso3:tbz
Glotto:dita1238
Glottorefname:Ditammari

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.

Alphabet

Alphabet (ABB)[1] [2]
uppercaseEKKp
lowercasea b c d eɛ f h i kkp
uppercasePWY
lowercasem n o ɔ pr s t u wy

The tones are indicated using the acute accent (high tone) and grave accent (low tone) on the vowel or the nasal consonant .The nasalization is indicated with the tilde on the vowels . The accent indicating tone can be combined above these vowels.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kuyie Nnáaǹtì Pátíri = English: Bible in Ditammari . Alliance biblique du Bénin . Cotonou.
  2. Web site: Ditammari written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters. ScriptSource.org.