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Awngi

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639-3: awn
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	500,000 (2007), increasing. 279,326 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,000,000.
Region	Amhara region, southwest of Lake Tana, scattered in Agew Midir and Metekel.
Language map	Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, reference number 9
Alternate names	Agau, Agaw, Agew, Agow, Awawar, Awi, Awiya, Damot, Kwollanyoch
Dialects	Kunfal (Kumfel, Kunfäl, Kunfel).
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, Central, Southern
Language use	64,425 L2 speakers. All ages. Neutral attitude. Also use Amharic [amh].
Language development	Taught in primary schools.
Writing system	Ethiopic script.
Comments	SOV. Agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Joswig, Andreas. 2006. "The status of the high central vowel in Awngi."

Leyew, Zelealem. 1994. "First report on a survey of the Shinasha and Agew dialects and languages."

Leyew, Zelealem. 2002. "First report on a survey of the Shinasha and Agew dialects and languages."  

Wedekind, Charlotte and Klaus Wedekind. 1995. "A survey of Awngi."

Wedekind, Klaus and Charlotte Wedekind. 2002. "Sociolinguistic survey of the Awngi language of Ethiopia."