Taman languages

Taman languages

Infobox Language family
name=Taman
region=Chad, Sudan
familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
fam2=Eastern Sudanic
fam3=Astaboran

Taman languages are a group of languages that are part of the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of the Nilo-Saharan languages family.

They are divided in three dialects: Tama and Sungor (or Erenga), spoken in Chad and Sudan, and Mararit, spoken only in Chad.


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