Tsamai language

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.

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