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Tsamai language

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Tsamai
Tsamako
Native toEthiopia
RegionOmo River region
Native speakers
18,000 (2007 census)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tsb
Glottologtsam1247  Tsamai
dume1236  Dume
ELPTs'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

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  1. ^ a b Tsamai at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon

Further reading

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  • Graziano Savà. 2005. A Grammar of Ts'amakko. Cushitic Language Studies Volume 22. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
  • Savà, Graziano (2021). "Transcription and orthography in two endangered languages of Ethiopia: Ts'amakko and Ongota". In Ilaria Micheli; Flavia Aiello; Maddalena Toscano; Amelia Pensabene (eds.). ATrA 7. Language and Identity Theories and experiences in lexicography and linguistic policies in a global world. EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste. ISBN 978-88-5511-267-3.