# Tammari language

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{{Short description|Gur language of Benin and Togo}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Tammari
|altname=
|nativename=''Ditammari''
|states=[Benin](/source/Benin), [Togo](/source/Togo)
|ethnicity=[Betammaribe](/source/Tammari_people)
|speakers={{sigfig|154,300|2}} 
|date=2006–2012
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo)
|fam3=[Gur](/source/Gur_languages)
|fam4=Northern
|fam5=[Oti–Volta](/source/Oti%E2%80%93Volta_languages)
|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](/source/Lord's_Prayer), in Ditammari. [Church of the Pater Noster](/source/Church_of_the_Pater_Noster), in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem).]]
thumb|A Tammari house, in Togo
'''Tammari''' is a language which is spoken in [Benin](/source/Benin) and [Togo](/source/Togo). It is also known as '''Ditammari'''. The [Tammari people](/source/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](/source/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](/source/A_(letter)) || [B](/source/B_(letter)) || [C](/source/C_(letter)) || [D](/source/D_(letter)) || [E](/source/E_(letter))
| [Ɛ](/source/%C6%90) || [F](/source/F_(letter)) || [H](/source/H_(letter)) || [I](/source/I_(letter)) || [K](/source/K_(letter))
| [Kp](/source/Kp_(digraph))
|-----
! lowercase
| a || b || c || d || e
| ɛ || f || h || i || k
| kp
|-----
| colspan=12|
|-----
! uppercase
| [M](/source/M_(letter)) || [N](/source/N_(letter)) || [O](/source/O_(letter)) || [Ɔ](/source/%C6%86) || [P](/source/P_(letter))
| [R](/source/R_(letter)) || [S](/source/S_(letter)) || [T](/source/T_(letter)) || [U](/source/U_(letter)) || [W](/source/W_(letter))
| [Y](/source/Y_(letter))
|-----
! 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](/source/nasalization) is indicated with the [tilde](/source/tilde) on the vowels {{anglebracket|ã ɛ̃ ĩ ɔ̃ ũ}}. The accent indicating tone can be combined above these vowels.
== See also ==
* [Tamprusi language](/source/Tamprusi_language)
* [Mamprusi language](/source/Mamprusi_language)
* [Kusasi language](/source/Kusasi_language)
* [Gourmanché language](/source/Gourmanch%C3%A9_language)
* [Berba language](/source/Berba_language)
* [Bariba language](/source/Bariba_language)
* [Mòoré](/source/M%C3%B2or%C3%A9)
* [Gurene language](/source/Gurene_language)

==References==
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{{Languages of Benin}}
{{Languages of Togo}}
{{Gur languages}}
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Category:Oti–Volta languages
Category:Languages of Benin
Category:Languages of Togo

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