Tammari language
The Tammari language, Ditammari, is a Gur language of Benin and Togo. There are two dialects, Eastern Ditammari and Western Ditammari; the latter is also called Tamberma.[1]
| Tammari | |
|---|---|
| Ditammari | |
| Native to | Benin, Togo |
| Ethnicity | Betammaribe |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2006–2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tbz |
| Glottolog | dita1238 |
 A Tammari house | |
| Tammari | |
|---|---|
| Person | Otammari |
| People | Betammaribe |
| Language | Ditammari |
Writing system
| Alphabet (ABB)[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uppercase | A | B | C | D | E | Ɛ | F | H | I | K | Kp | ||||||||||||
| lowercase | a | b | c | d | e | ɛ | f | h | i | k | kp | ||||||||||||
| uppercase | M | N | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | U | W | Y | ||||||||||||
| lowercase | m | n | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | w | y | ||||||||||||
The tones are indicated using the acute accent (high tone) and grave accent (low tone) on the vowel ⟨á é ɛ́ í ó ɔ́ ú à è ɛ̀ ì ò ɔ̀ ù⟩ or the nasal consonant ⟨ḿ ń m̀ ǹ⟩. The nasalization is indicated with the tilde on the vowels ⟨ã ɛ̃ ĩ ɔ̃ ũ⟩. The accent indicating tone can be combined above these vowels.
References
- Tammari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Kuyie Nnáaǹtì Pátíri = Bible in Ditammari. Cotonou: Alliance biblique du Bénin.
- "Ditammari written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters". ScriptSource.org.
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