Tsamai language
| Tsamai | |
|---|---|
| Tsamako | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Omo River region |
Native speakers | 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
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tsamai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dume". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ 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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