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Agaw languages. The Agaw or Central Cushitic languages are Afro-Asiatic languages spoken by several groups in Ethiopia and, in one case, Eritrea. They form the main substratum influence on Amharic and other Ethiopian Semitic languages. [1]
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The Agaw or Agew (Ge'ez: አገው, romanized: Agäw, modern Agew)...
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The Agaw, or Central Cushitic, languages are a small branch...
- Agaw people - Wikipedia
The Agaw or Agew (Ge'ez: አገው, romanized: Agäw, modern Agew) are Cushitic-speaking peoples native to the northern highlands of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. They speak the Agaw languages , also known as the Central Cushitic languages , which belong to the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family , [5] and are therefore ...
The Agaw, or Central Cushitic, languages are a small branch of Cushitic languages. They are spoken mainly in Ethiopia. Languages. Awngi (South Agaw) spoken southwest of Lake Tana, the largest, with over 350,000 speakers (Kunfal, spoken west of Lake Tana, is not well recorded but is probably a dialect of Awngi) Northern Agaw:
Orthography. Morphology. The Noun. The Verb. Syntax. References. Bibliography. Awngi language. The Awngi language, in older publications also called Awiya (an inappropriate ethnonym), [2] is a Central Cushitic language spoken by the Awi people, living in Central Gojjam in northwestern Ethiopia .
The language belongs to the western branch of the Agaw languages. Other (extinct) varieties of this branch are Qwara and Kayla. Along with all other Cushitic languages, Qimant belongs to the Afroasiatic language family. Geographic distribution and sociolinguistic situation
The Agaw speak Agaw languages. They are a part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Many also speak other languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya and/or Tigre. Subgroups. Today, intermarriage between Agaw, Amhara, and Tigre people is common.
Gemination. Notes. Bibliography. Xamtanga language. Xamtanga (also Agawinya, Khamtanga, Simt'anga, Xamir, Xamta) is a Central Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia by the Xamir people . Phonology. Vowels. The central vowels /ɨ ə a/ have fronted and backed allophones, depending on the adjacent consonant (s). Consonants.
