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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox language family<br />
|altname=Central Cushitic<br />
|name=Agaw<br />
|region=[[Ethiopia]] and central [[Eritrea]]<br />
|familycolor=Negro-Egyptian<br />
|fam2=[[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]<br />
|child1=[[Awngi language|Awngi]]<br />
|child2=[[Bilin language|Bilin]]<br />
|child3=[[Qimant language|Qimant]]<br />
|child4=[[Xamtanga language|Xamtanga]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Central Cushitic languages''', are spoken by small groups in [[Ethiopia]] and, in one case, [[Eritrea]]. They influence [[Amharic language|Amharic]] and other [[Ethiopian languages]].<br />
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==Classification==<br />
The Central Cushitic languages are classified as follows (after Appleyard):<br />
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* [[Awngi language|Awngi]] (South Agaw) spoken southwest of [[Lake Tana]], much the largest, with over 350,000 speakers<br />
:([[Kunfal dialect|Kunfal]], spoken west of Lake Tana, is poorly recorded but most likely a dialect of Awngi)<ref>Joswig/Mohammed (2011)</ref><br />
* Northern Agaw:<br />
:*Blin–Xamtanga:<br />
::* [[Blin language|Blin]] (North) spoken in [[Eritrea]] around the town of [[Keren, Eritrea|Keren]] (70,000 speakers)<br />
::* [[Xamtanga language|Xamtanga]] (Central Agaw; also called Khamir, Khamta) 143,000 speakers in the North [[Amhara Region]]<br />
:* [[Qimant language|Qimant]] (Western Agaw) nearly extinct, spoken by the [[Qemant]] in [[Semien Gondar Zone]]<br />
::(dialects [[Qwara dialect|Qwara]] – nearly extinct, spoken by [[Beta Israel]] formerly living in Qwara, now in [[Israel]]; [[Kayla dialect|Kayla]] – extinct, formerly spoken by some [[Beta Israel]], transitional between Qimant and Xamtanga)<br />
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There is a rich literature in Agaw but it is widely dispersed: from fascinating mediaeval texts in the [[Qimant language]], now mostly in [[Israel]]i museums, to the modern, flourishing and topical in the [[Bilen language]], with its own newspaper, based in [[Keren, Eritrea|Keren]], [[Eritrea]]. Much historical material is also available in the [[Xamtanga language]], and there is a deep tradition of folklore in the [[Awngi language]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Agaw|Agaw people]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*Appleyard, David L. (2006) ''A Comparative Dictionary of the Agaw Languages'' (Kuschitische Sprachstudien – Cushitic Language Studies Band 24). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.<br />
*Hetzron, Robert (1976) The Agaw Languages. ''Afroasiatic Linguistics'' 3,3. p.&nbsp;31–37<br />
* Joswig, Andreas and Hussein Mohammed (2011). [http://www.sil.org/silesr/2011/silesr047.pdf A Sociolinguistic Survey Report; Revisiting the Southern Agaw Language areas of Ethiopia]. SIL International. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2011-047.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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