Bitama language

Bitama (Bitaama) is a divergent variety of Kunama that is mutually unintelligible enough to be considered a distinct language. It is spoken by the Kunama people who straddle the western Eritrean–Ethiopian border.

Bitama
Native toEritrea, Ethiopia
EthnicityKunama people
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in kun)
Glottologbita1252[1]
Map of the Kunama Languages

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bitama". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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