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Tsamai language

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Native to
  
Ethiopia

Native speakers
  
18,000 (2007 census)

Region
  
Omo River region

ISO 639-3
  
tsb

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Dullay Tsamai

Glottolog
  
tsam1247  (Tsamai) dume1236  (Dume)

Tsamai (also known as Ts'amay, S'amai, Tamaha, Tsamako, Tsamakko, Bago S'amakk-Ulo) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia. Tsamai is a member of the Dullay dialect continuum. Cule (Kuile, Kule) and evidently Dume (pseudo-pygmies) were apparently varieties.

References

Tsamai language Wikipedia