Tama language

Tama
Tamongobo
Native toChad, Sudan
RegionWadi Fira, West Darfur, South Darfur
EthnicityTama, Kimr
Native speakers
460,000 (2022–2023)
Dialects
  • Tama
  • Orra
  • Girga
  • Haura
  • Erenga
  • Murase
  • Mileere
  • Madungore
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3tma
Glottologtama1331
Linguasphere05-DAA-aa

Tama, or Tamongobo, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in Ouaddai, eastern Chad and in Darfur, western Sudan. It is a Taman language which belongs to the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Miisiirii is often considered a dialect, though it is not particularly close.