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Kayla, or Kayliñña is one of two closely related Agaw dialects formerly spoken by a subgroup of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews). The name is sometimes also used as a cover term for all Beta Israel Agaw dialects. It is known only from unpublished notes by Faïtlovich written in the Geez alphabet, recently studied by Appleyard, and may be intermediate between the western and central branches of Agaw. It appears to be extinct.
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- "Kaïliña — a "new" Agaw dialect and its implications for Agaw dialectology". In Voice and Power. The Culture of Language in North-East Africa. Ed. by R.J. Hayward & I. Lewis. pp. 1-19. London, SOAS. 1996 (March). ISBN 0-7286-0257-1.
- David Appleyard, "Preparing a Comparative Agaw Dictionary", in ed. Griefenow-Mewis & Voigt, Cushitic & Omotic Languages: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium Berlin, Mar. 17-19, 1994, Rudiger Koppe Verlag, Koln 1996. ISBN 3-927620-28-9.
