Tsamai language

Tsamai
Tsamako
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Omo River region
Native speakers	18,000 (2007 census)[1]
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

1. Tsamai at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

Further reading

• 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.