Tamki

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Alternate Names: Temki

Dialects: None known. Not inherently intelligible of Sokoro ,. Lexical similarity: 62% with Saba ,, 55% with Sokoro ,, 32% with Mawa ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
East
B
B.3

Demographics: 500 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: Used by some of all generations. Positive attitudes. They consider themselves ethnically Sokoro, but their attitudes are not more positive toward Sokoro [sok] than toward other neighboring languages. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], Kenga [kyq], Saba [saa].

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Traditional religion.