Kwama | |
Also Known As: | Gwama |
States: | Ethiopia |
Region: | Benishangul-Gumuz Region |
Ethnicity: | 20,000 Kwama |
Speakers: | 15,000 |
Date: | 2015 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
Fam2: | Komuz? |
Fam3: | Koman |
Iso3: | kmq |
Glotto: | kwam1249 |
Glottorefname: | Gwama |
Script: | none |
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.[1]