Ndam language

Ndam
Native to Chad
Region Southwest
Native speakers
 unknown (6,500 cited 1990 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ndm
Glottolog ndam1251[2]

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 Ndam—northern and southern, respectively—Ndam Dik, and Ndam-Ndam.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ndam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ndam". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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