Tamki

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Temki
User Population

500 (1999 SIL).

Location

Guéra region: Bahr Signaka department, Melfi subprefecture, Tamki village.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.3
Dialects

None known. Not inherently intelligible of Sokoro [sok]. Lexical similarity: 62% with Saba [saa], 55% with Sokoro [sok], 32% with Mawa [mcw].

Language Use

Some of all ages. Positive attitudes. They consider themselves ethnically Sokoro, but their attitudes are not more positive toward Sokoro [sok] than toward other neighboring languages. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Also use Kenga [kyq]. Also use Saba [saa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tamki
Other Comments

Traditional religion.