Tammari language

{{Short description|Gur language of Benin and Togo}} {{Infobox language |name=Tammari |altname= |nativename=''Ditammari'' |states=Benin, Togo |ethnicity=Betammaribe |speakers={{sigfig|154,300|2}} |date=2006–2012 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Gur |fam4=Northern |fam5=Oti–Volta |fam6=Eastern (Somba) |minority={{flag|Benin}} |iso3=tbz |glotto=dita1238 |glottorefname=Ditammari |image=Bénin-Promotion de la littérature en ditammari.jpg | imagecaption=Sign in Tammari and French }} {{Infobox NC name|Otammari|Betammaribe|Ditammari||Tammari}} [[File:Church of the Pater Noster tbz.jpg|thumb|The Lord's Prayer, in Ditammari. Church of the Pater Noster, in Jerusalem.]] thumb|A Tammari house, in Togo '''Tammari''' is a language which is spoken in Benin and Togo. It is also known as '''Ditammari'''. The Tammari people, who live in Benin and Togo, mostly speak the language. There are about 47,000 speakers. About half live in Togo, the other half in Benin. Ditammari is one of the Gur languages.

There are two versions of the language, Eastern Ditammari and Western Ditammari. Western Ditamari is also called '''Tamberma''' or '''Taberma'''.<ref name="e18" />

== Alphabet== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" ! colspan="24" | Alphabet (ABB)<ref>{{cite book |title=Kuyie Nnáaǹtì Pátíri = {{lang|en|Bible in Ditammari}} |publisher=Alliance biblique du Bénin |location=Cotonou}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=wrSys_detail_sym&key=tbz-Latn|title = Ditammari written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters|website = ScriptSource.org}}</ref> |----- ! uppercase | A || B || C || D || E | Ɛ || F || H || I || K | Kp |----- ! lowercase | a || b || c || d || e | ɛ || f || h || i || k | kp |----- | colspan=12| |----- ! 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 {{anglebracket|á é ɛ́ í ó ɔ́ ú à è ɛ̀ ì ò ɔ̀ ù}} or the nasal consonant {{anglebracket|ḿ ń m̀ ǹ}}. The nasalization is indicated with the tilde on the vowels {{anglebracket|ã ɛ̃ ĩ ɔ̃ ũ}}. The accent indicating tone can be combined above these vowels. == See also == * Tamprusi language * Mamprusi language * Kusasi language * Gourmanché language * Berba language * Bariba language * Mòoré * Gurene language

==References== {{Incubator|code=tbz}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Oti–Volta languages Category:Languages of Benin Category:Languages of Togo