Awngi language
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| Awngi ˈawŋi |
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| Spoken in: | Ethiopia | |
| Region: | Agew Awi Zone Amhara Region | |
| Total speakers: | 356,980 | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Central Southern Awngi |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cus | |
| ISO 639-3: | awn | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Awngi language is a Central Cushitic language spoken by the Awi people, living in Central Gojjam in northwestern Ethiopia. The language is classified as Southern Central Cushitic or Southern Agaw in the literature, and as such belongs to the Cushitic phylum of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
Most speakers of the language live in the Agew Awi Zone of the Amhara Region, but there are also communities speaking the language in various areas of Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumaz Region. The status of Kunfäl, another Southern Agaw language spoken in the area west of Lake Tana, is still not entirely clarified. It is very close to Awngi and could be a dialect of that language.
[edit] Bibliography
- Appleyard, David L. (2006) A Comparative Dictionary of the Agaw Languages (Kuschitische Sprachstudien — Cushitic Language Studies Band 24). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
- Hetzron, Robert. (1969) The Verbal System of Southern Agaw. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press.
- Ethnologue information: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=awn
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