# Atsam language

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**Atsam** ([Tyap:](/source/Tyap_language) *Tsamyia̱*, [Hausa:](/source/Hausa_language) ***Chawai***, *Cawai*, *Chawe*), is a [Kainji language](/source/Kainji_language) of [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). It is spoken by the [Atsam people](/source/Atsam_people), mainly found in [Kauru](/source/Kauru) LGA of [Kaduna State](/source/Kaduna_State)[1] and [Bassa](/source/Bassa,_Plateau_State) LGA of Plateau State,[3] [Middle Belt](/source/Middle_Belt), Nigeria.

## References

1. ["Atsam (African people)"](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2022005421.html). *Library of Congress*. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

1. Blench, Roger (2019). *An Atlas of Nigerian Languages*. 4th ed. Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

1. ["Bassa Local Government Area"](https://www.plateaustate.gov.ng/government/lgas/bassa). *Plateau State Government*. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

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