Tsamai language
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| Tsamai | |
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| Tsamako | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Omo River region |
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Native speakers
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18,000 (2007 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tsb |
| Glottolog | tsam1247 (Tsamai)[2]dume1236 (Dume)[3] |
Tsamai (also known as Ts'amay, S'amai, Tamaha, Tsamako, Tsamakko, Bago S'amakk-Ulo) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia.[4] Tsamai is a member of the Dullay dialect continuum. Cule (Kuile, Kule) and evidently Dume (pseudo-pygmies) were apparently varieties.
Notes
- ↑ Ethiopia 2007 Census
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- ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Further reading
- Graziano Savà. 2005. A Grammar of Ts'amakko. Cushitic Language Studies Volume 22. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
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