Kwama language

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.

Kwama
Gwama
Native toEthiopia
RegionBenishangul-Gumuz Region
Ethnicity20,000 Kwama
Native speakers
15,000 (2015)
Nilo-Saharan?
Writing system
none
Language codes
ISO 639-3kmq
Glottologkwam1249
ELPKwama

An early record of this language is a wordlist dated March 1882 by Juan Maria Schuver.

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