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Taman Language (other)
Taman may refer to: * Taman language (Indonesia), an Austronesian language of Borneo * Taman language (Burma), an extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar See also * Taman languages, a language group of Africa * Tama languages, a language group of Papua New Guinea * Tama language, a language of Chad and Sudan * Tama language (Colombia) * Tamang language Tamang (Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāng'') is a term used to collectively refer to a dialect cluster spoken mainly in Nepal, Sikkim, West Bengal ( Darjeeling) and North-Eastern India. It comprises Eastern Tamang, Northwestern Tamang ...
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Taman Language (Indonesia)
Taman is an Austronesian Austronesian may refer to: *The Austronesian languages *The historical Austronesian peoples The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, M ... ( Dayak) language of Borneo. Alongside Embaloh, it comprises the Tamanic brach of the South Sulawesi language family. References Languages of Indonesia South Sulawesi languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Taman Language (Burma)
Taman is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken in Htamanthi village in Homalin Township, Sagaing Region, northern Myanmar. It was documented in a list of 75 words in Brown (1911). Keisuke Huziwara (2016) discovered an elderly rememberer of Taman in Htamanthi who could remember some Taman phrases as well as a short song, but was not fluent in the Taman language. However, no fluent speakers of Taman remained in the area. Language shift Taman speakers have since shifted to Burmese and Tai Naing (Red Shan), a Tai language spoken in northern Myanmar. Matisoff (2013:25) surmises that pressure from the formerly widespread Kadu language had caused Taman to become marginalized. The descendants of Taman speakers have since been assimilated into Shan society. Classification Benedict (1972) and Shafer (1974) classified Taman as part of the Luish branch of languages. Words and affixes shared exclusively between Luish and Taman are (Huziwara 2016): *negative prefix (Proto-Luish ...
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Taman Languages
The Taman languages form a putative branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family spoken in Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ... and Sudan, though ''Glottolog'' notes that "no conclusive, methodologically sound basis for assigning Tama to Eastern Sudanic" has been presented. The languages are: *Tama ** Mararit (Ibiri, Abu Charib) **(other) *** Miisiirii ***Tama–Sungor **** Sungor (Assangori, incl. Erenga) **** Tama (Damut) Claude Rilly (2010)Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. includes reconstructions for Proto-Taman. See also * List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions (Wiktionary) References Language families Northern Eastern Sudanic languages {{Ns-lang-stub ...
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Tama Languages
The Tama languages are a small family of three clusters of closely related languages of northern Papua New Guinea, spoken just to the south of Nuku town in eastern Sandaun Province. They are classified as subgroup of the Sepik languages. ''Tama'' is the word for 'man' in the languages that make up this group. Yessan-Mayo and Mehek are the best documented Tama languages. Languages Usher (2020) classifies the Tama languages as follows,Tama
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Tama Language
Tama, or Damut, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in Ouaddai, eastern Chad and in Darfur, western Sudan. It is a member of the Taman language family. Miisiirii is often considered a dialect, though it is not particularly close. Demographics Tama is spoken by 63,000 people in Dar Tama, a well irrigated area near Guéréda Guéréda ( ar, غيريدا) is a town in the Wadi Fira Region, Chad. It is located at around . Guéréda was the site of fighting between the Chadian army and the Rally of Democratic Forces (RAFD) in early December 2006. On December 1, ele ... that extends from Kebkebiya village to nearby Sudan. There are two nearly identical dialects, one spoken in the northern and central areas, and another one spoken in the south.Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. References External links Tama basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database Taman languages Languages of Cha ...
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Tama Language (Colombia)
Tama is an extinct indigenous Tucanoan language of Colombia. It was spoken in the regions of Vicente, Orteguaza River and Caquetá Region Caquetá may refer to: * Caquetá River, a river in Colombia * Caquetá Territory, a former territory of Colombia * Caquetá Department Caquetá Department () is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders with t .... References Languages of Colombia Extinct languages of South America Tucanoan languages {{Colombia-stub ...
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