Tama

TMA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Tamok, Tamongobo, Tamot

Dialects: Girga, Haura, Orra, Tama. Lexical similarity: 62%–73% with Assangori ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Western
Tama
Tama-Sungor

Demographics: 62,900 in Chad (1993 census). Population total all countries: 67,900.

Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], Masalit [mls].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Muslim.