Tsamai language

Tsamai
Tsamai
Tsamako
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Omo River region
Native speakers	18,000 (2007 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Dullay Tsamai; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tsb
Glottolog	tsam1247 Tsamai; dume1236 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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[e27-1] Tsamai at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

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