Atsam | |
Nativename: | Cawai |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Kaduna State and Plateau State |
Speakers: | 30,000 |
Date: | 1982 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Kainji |
Fam5: | East Kainji |
Fam6: | Piti–Atsam |
Iso3: | cch |
Glotto: | atsa1241 |
Glottorefname: | Atsam |
Ethnicity: | Atsam |
Person: | Tsam |
People: | Atsam |
Country: | Yinatsam |
Root: | Tsam[1] |
Atsam (Tyap:, Hausa:,,), is a Kainji language of Nigeria. It is spoken by the Atsam people, mainly found in Kauru LGA of Kaduna State[2] and Bassa LGA of Plateau State,[3] Middle Belt, Nigeria.