Central Shushite languages

The Central Kushitic languages , also called Agaw , are a branch of the Cushitic languages ​​spoken in Ethiopia and in one case also in Eritrea .

classification

The languages ​​are classified as follows:

• Afro-Asian languages
  • Cushitic languages
    • Central Shushite languages
      • Awngi , 553,400 speakers in the south-west of the Ethiopian Lake Tana
      • North Agaw
        • Blin-Xamtanga
          • Blin , 112,000 speakers around the Eritrean city of Keren
          • Xamtanga , 224,000 speakers in the Amhara region of Ethiopia
        • Kemant , 4,830 speakers in the north of Lake Tana

literature

• Appleyard, David L. (2006) A Comparative Dictionary of the Agaw Languages (Kuschitische Sprachstudien - Cushitic Language Studies Volume 24). ISBN 3896454811 Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
• Hetzron, Robert (1976) The Agaw Languages. Afroasiatic Linguistics

Web links

• Joswig, Andreas and Hussein Mohammed (2011). A Sociolinguistic Survey Report; Revisiting the Southern Agaw Language areas of Ethiopia (archived). SIL International. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2011-047. (English)

See also

• The Agaw people

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Agaw. In: Glottolog. Accessed July 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Awngi. In: Ethnologue . Accessed July 11, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Bilen. In: Ethnologue . Accessed July 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Xamtanga. In: Ethnologue . Accessed July 11, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Qimant. In: Ethnologue . Accessed July 11, 2019 .