ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Africa · ISO 639-3 tbi · Glottocode gaam1241

Gaam

Gaam broadens the comparative view of Africa: source status not endangered, the Eastern Jebel family, and likely script Latin.

Language family
Eastern Jebel
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
not endangered
Macroarea
Africa
Source country codes
SD
Reference point
11.467, 33.980

Open research question

Which text collections, grammars, and community-led projects reveal the internal diversity and current use of Gaam?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.