Taman languages

E51509
Nilo-Saharan languages language family

Taman languages are a small group of closely related Nilo-Saharan languages spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Tama languages 3
Daju languages 1
Tama language 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
approximateNumberOfSpeakers tens of thousands ⓘ
arealClassification Saharan languages ⓘ
arealFeature rich consonant inventory ⓘ
use of tone or pitch accent ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
classificationStatus generally accepted as Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
contactWith Chadian Arabic ⓘ
Sudanese Arabic ⓘ
geneticClassification Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan language family
geographicDistribution border area between Chad and Sudan ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Taman languages ⓘ
surface form: Tama languages

Taman family ⓘ
hasEthnicity Mararit people ⓘ
Sungor people ⓘ
Tama people ⓘ
hasPart Eritai language ⓘ
Mararit language ⓘ
Sungor language ⓘ
Tama language ⓘ
internalStructure cluster of closely related languages and dialects ⓘ
languageFamilyOf Mararit language ⓘ
Sungor language ⓘ
Tama language ⓘ
languageShiftTowards Arabic ⓘ
linguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
macroFamilyHypothesis Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan hypothesis
neighboringLanguageFamilies Arabic ⓘ
Chadic languages ⓘ
Fur language ⓘ
Maban languages ⓘ
region Darfur region ⓘ
surface form: Darfur

Sahel ⓘ
Wadai ⓘ
spokenIn Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
eastern Chad ⓘ
western Sudan ⓘ
status endangered languages ⓘ
minority languages ⓘ
subclassOf Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Saharan languages
subjectOf comparative linguistic studies of Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
research on Eastern Saharan subgrouping ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taman languages → hasAlternativeName → Taman languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tama languages
this entity surface form: Tama language
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Taman languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Taman languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daju languages
Nilo-Saharian phylum → hasSubfamily → Taman languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form: Tama languages
Nilo-Saharian → hasSubgroup → Taman languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tama languages
Nilo-Saharian → hasSubgroup → Taman languages ⓘ
Eastern Sudanic languages → includes → Taman languages ⓘ