Kwama language

{{Short description|Koman language of Ethiopia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kwama

|altname=Gwama

|nativename=

|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.Wendy James, et al., Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa, 1880-1883 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1996), pp. 329-31