Tammari language

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.

Tammari
Ditammari
Sign in Tammari and French
Native to	Benin, Togo
Ethnicity	Betammaribe
Native speakers	150,000 (2006–2012)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Eastern (Somba) Tammari
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbz
Glottolog	dita1238

Tammari
Person	Otammari
People	Betammaribe
Language	Ditammari

The Lord's Prayer, in Ditammari. Church of the Pater Noster, in Jerusalem.

A Tammari house, in Togo

There are two versions of the language, Eastern Ditammari and Western Ditammari. Western Ditamari is also called Tamberma or Taberma.^[1]

Alphabet

Alphabet (ABB)[2][3]
uppercase	A	B	C	D	E	Ɛ	F	H	I	K	Kp
lowercase	a	b	c	d	e	ɛ	f	h	i	k	kp
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 ⟨á é ɛ́ í ó ɔ́ ú à è ɛ̀ ì ò ɔ̀ ù⟩ or the nasal consonant ⟨ḿ ń m̀ ǹ⟩. The nasalization is indicated with the tilde on the vowels ⟨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