- ^ a b Kwama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Wendy James, et al., Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa, 1880-1883 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1996), pp. 329-31
| Official languages | |||||||||
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| Regional languages |
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| Foreign languages | |||||||||
| Sign languages | |||||||||
| Kwama | |
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| Gwama | |
| Native to | Ethiopia |
| Region | Benishangul-Gumuz Region |
| Ethnicity | 20,000 Kwama[1] |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2015)[1] |
| none | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kmq |
| Glottolog | kwam1249 |
| ELP | Kwama |
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.[2]