Atsam language

{{Short description|Kainji language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=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

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym

|person=Tsam

|people=Atsam

|language=

|country=Yinatsam

|root=Tsam{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}

}}

Atsam (Tyap: {{Lang|kcg|Tsamyia̱}}, Hausa: {{Lang|ha|Chawai}}, {{Lang|ha|Cawai}}, {{Lang|ha|Chawe}}), is a Kainji language of Nigeria. It is spoken by the Atsam people, mainly found in Kauru LGA of Kaduna State{{Cite web |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2022005421.html |title=Atsam (African people) |website=Library of Congress |access-date=January 6, 2024}} and Bassa LGA of Plateau State,{{cite web|url=https://www.plateaustate.gov.ng/government/lgas/bassa|title=Bassa Local Government Area|website=Plateau State Government|access-date=January 6, 2024

}} Middle Belt, Nigeria.