Kwama | |
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Gwama | |
Native to | Ethiopia |
Region | Benishangul-Gumuz Region |
Ethnicity | 20,000 Kwama[1] |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2015)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kmq |
Glottolog | kwam1249 |
ELP | Kwama |
Kwama (also Afan Mao, Amam, Gogwama, Goma, Gwama, Koma of Asosa, Nokanoka, North Koma, T'wa Kwama, Takwama) is a Koman language, spoken in the South Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, along the Sudan border between Asosa and Gidami.
An early record of this language is a wordlist dated March 1882 by Juan Maria Schuver.[2]