| Language name: | TAMA |
| UPSID number: | 4210 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic |
| This language has | 30 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.435328899 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | b b< m w f tD dD d< s n l r dj nj j k g N h H i I e E a O o U u r[ |
| Comment: | Tucker and Bryan consider that the flap /r[/ might be an allophone of /t/. They say "vowel harmony undoubtedly exists, but the principles governing it are not known." |
| Source(s): | Tucker, A.N. and Bryan, M.A. 1966. Linguistic Analyses: the Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. Oxford University Press for International African Institute, London. |