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Awngi

Awngi is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Ethiopia, by about 490 thousand people.

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Awngi · 11.0°N 36.7°E

The Awngi language, in older publications also called Awiya (an inappropriate ethnonym), is an endangered indigenous Central Cushitic language spoken by the Awi people, traditionally living in Central Gojjam in northwestern Ethiopia.

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-Gumuz Region. Until recently, Kunfäl, another Southern Agaw language spoken in the area west of Lake Tana, has been suspected to be a separate language. It has now been shown to be linguistically close to Awngi, and it should be classified as a dialect of that language.

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Words in Awngi

MeaningWordRomanization
personaqi*
names3m*
eye3l*
ear3nkoxi*
nose3san*
tooth3rkwi*
tonguecaN*
handtaf*
bloodb3ri*
boneNac*
skinay*
kneeg3r3b*
breastangw*
liverdolet*
waterአኹʾäxu
fireleg*
starbewa*
stonekar3N*
mountainkan*
treekani*
leafxaci*
nightxar*
dogg3seN*
fishasi*
louseyinti*
one3mp3l*
twolaNa*
Ian*
you3nt*
we3noji*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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