Tsamai language
Tsamai | |
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Tsamako | |
Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | Omo River region |
Native speakers | 18,000 (2007 census)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | tsb |
Glottolog | tsam1247 Tsamaidume1236 Dume |
ELP | Ts'amay |
Tsamai (also known as Ts'amay, S'amai, Tamaha, Tsamako, Tsamakko, Bago S'amakk-Ulo) is an Afroasiatic language spoken in Ethiopia.[1] Tsamai is a member of the Dullay dialect continuum. Cule (Kuile, Kule) and evidently Dume (pseudo-pygmies) were apparently varieties.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tsamai at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Further reading
[edit]- Graziano Savà. 2005. A Grammar of Ts'amakko. Cushitic Language Studies Volume 22. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
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