Ndam language

Ndam, also known as Dam and Ndamm, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the southwestern Chadian prefectures of Tandjilé and Lai. Most of the speakers generally practice traditional religions, Islam, or Christianity. There are two dialects of Ndamnorthern and southern, respectivelyNdam Dik, and Ndam-Ndam.[1]

Ndam
Native toChad
RegionSouthwest
Native speakers
(6,500 cited 1990 census)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndm
Glottologndam1251[2]

References

  1. Ndam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ndam". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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