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Taman languages

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The Taman, or Tamaic, languages form a putative branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family spoken in Chad and Sudan, though Glottolog notes that no conclusive, methodologically sound basis for assigning Tama to Eastern Sudanic has been presented.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
Region
Chad, Sudan 2
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed (Proto-Taman, Rilly 2010) 2
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Number of Languages
4 1
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Tamaic (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 4
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Wikipedia: Taman languages
  • Infobox, region
    Chad, Sudan
  • Introduction, final sentence
    Claude Rilly (2010) includes reconstructions for Proto-Taman.
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Taman
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Wikidata: Taman languages
Wikidata Q3408873, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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