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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Tameï | |name = Tameï | ||
|nativname = | |nativname = lâvih Tameïchin | ||
|pronunciation = [ | |pronunciation = {{IPA|[ˈlɑːwix tameˈiːʃɯ̃]}} | ||
|region = Tameï Islands, eastern [[w:Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean]] | |region = Tameï Islands, eastern [[w:Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean]] | ||
|ethnicity = Tameï | |ethnicity = Tameï | ||
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|created = Dec 2017 | |created = Dec 2017 | ||
|script = Extended [[w:Latin alphabet|Latin]] | |script = Extended [[w:Latin alphabet|Latin]] | ||
|agency = Central National Committee of the Tameïan Language ('' | |agency = Central National Committee of the Tameïan Language (''Gülavüniy Lâneychär′üchän Komityetü mu Lâvih Tameïchin'' - ''GLKLT'') | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Tameï''' ([ | '''Tameï''' ({{IPA|[tameˈi]}} or ''lâvih tameïchin'' {{IPA|[ˈlɑːwix tameˈiːʃɯ̃]}}; also ''Tamei'' in modern orthography) is a language isolate spoken in the Tameï Islands (''neyny Tameïchey''), an independent volcanic archipelago country in the [[w:Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean]], along the [[w:Ninety East Ridge|Ninety East Ridge]], about 1000 km WSW of [[w:Sumatra|Sumatra]] and roughly halfway between [[w:Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] and the [[w:Australia|Australian]] territory of the [[w:Cocos (Keeling) Islands|Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]. | ||
Tameï is Earth's second most spoken language isolate (after [[w:Korean language|Korean]]), being the native tongue of about 42 million people, mostly in the Tameï Islands but also in countries of the former [[w:Soviet Union|USSR]]. Tameï is one of two official languages in the country - the '''Tameïan People's Socialist Republic''' (officially ''Tameïyūn mâ Meyʌhäht′eyä Xʌtxuyalixuticeyki Repibulik'' and ''Социалистическая Республика Тамеиского Народа'') as [[w:Russian language|Russian]] is still official for historical and cultural reasons, despite actual Russian native speakers being only 1% of the Tameï population. | Tameï is Earth's second most spoken language isolate (after [[w:Korean language|Korean]]), being the native tongue of about 42 million people, mostly in the Tameï Islands but also in countries of the former [[w:Soviet Union|USSR]]. Tameï is one of two official languages in the country - the '''Tameïan People's Socialist Republic''' (officially ''Tameïyūn mâ Meyʌhäht′eyä Xʌtxuyalixuticeyki Repibulik'' and ''Социалистическая Республика Тамеиского Народа'') as [[w:Russian language|Russian]] is still official for historical and cultural reasons, despite actual Russian native speakers being only 1% of the Tameï population. | ||