Tambas ( born tambas, tambes, tembis ) is the language of the West Chadian branch of the Chadian family , distributed in central Nigeria in the state of the Plateau , in its northern part - in the Pankshin region [1] [2] . The area of the Tambas language is surrounded by the area of the West Chadian language of Angas [3] . The language is spellingless.
| Tambas | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Regions | Plateau |
| Total number of speakers | 3,000 people [one] |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Afrasian macro family
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| Writing | unwritten |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | tdk |
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According to British linguist Roger Blench , about 3,000 people speak the language of tambas (2001) [1] . According to the Joshua Project website, the population of the Tambasan ethnic group is 12,000 [4] . Most native speakers of the Tambas language adhere to traditional beliefs, and among them there are groups of Christians and Muslims .
The tambas language is included in the group of ron languages in the classification of the Afro-Asian languages Roger Blencz [2] and in the classification of the Czech linguist Vaclav Blazhek [5] . The territory of the Tambas language is located in the eastern part of the range of the ron group [6] .
The tambas language is closest to the language of fier [7] , with which it forms a cluster of fier languages of subgroup A4 of group A of the West Chadian branch according to the classification presented in the reference book of world languages Ethnologue [8] [9] . In addition, other languages of the ron group belong to the closely related Tambas language: ron (chala) , Duffo-butura , bokos , shaguwa , cooler , carf , mundat and sha .
Notes
- Sources
- ↑ 1 2 3 Tambas. A language of Nigeria . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (17th Edition) (2013). (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ 1 2 Blench, Roger. The Afro-Asiatic Languages. Classification and Reference List ( pdf) P. 5. Cambridge: Roger Blench Website. Publications (2006). Archived May 23, 2013. (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ Nigeria, Map 3 . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (17th Edition) (2013). (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ Tambes of Nigeria . Joshua Project. (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ Blažek, Václav. Jazyky Afriky v přehledu genetické klasifikace. Čadské jazyky (Czech) (pdf) P. 12. Masarykova univerzita . Filozofická fakulta (2009). Archived on June 7, 2013. (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ Blench, Roger. Roger Blench: Ron opening page Roger Blench Website. - Map of the languages of the ron group. Archived July 10, 2013. (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ Fyer. A language of Nigeria . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (17th Edition) (2013). (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ Chadic. West. A.4. Fyer Ethnologue: Languages of the World (17th Edition) (2013). (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- ↑ Chadic. West Ethnologue: Languages of the World (17th Edition) (2013). Archived July 5, 2013. (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
Links
- Fyer MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships (2009). (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- Blench, Roger. Ron comparative wordlist (pdf). Roger Blench Website. Archived July 10, 2013. (Retrieved November 9, 2013)
- OLAC resources in and about the Tambas language . OLAC: Open Language Archives Community. (Retrieved November 9, 2013)