Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa
Agaw አገው
Agaw horsemen from Awi
Regions with significant populations
Horn of Africa
Ethiopia
899,416 (2007)[1]
Eritrea
121,000 (2012)[2]
Languages
Agaw • Amharic • Tigrinya
Religion
Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodox · Eritrean Orthodox · Catholic), Traditional religions, Judaism, Islam (Sunni)
Related ethnic groups
Tigrinya
Tigrayans
Tigre
Amhara
Harari
Silte
Zay
Afar
Gurage
Beja
Beta Israel
Oromo
Somali
Saho
other Cushitic and Ethiosemitic peoples[3]
The Agaw or Agew (Ge'ez: አገውAgäw, modern Agew) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the northern highlands of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea.[4] They speak the Agaw languages, also known as the Central Cushitic languages, which belong to the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family,[5] and are therefore closely related to peoples speaking other Cushitic languages.
The Agaw peoples in general were historically noted by travelers and outside observers[6] to have practiced what some described as a “Hebraic religion”, though some practiced Ethiopian Orthodoxy,[7] and many were Beta Israel Jews. Thousands of Agaw Beta Israel converted to Christianity in the 19th and early 20th century (both voluntarily and forcibly),[8] becoming the Falash Mura.
^"Census 2007" Archived March 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Table 5.
^"Bilen". Joshua Project. Venture Center. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
^Joireman, Sandra F. (1997). Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa: The Allocation of Property Rights and Implications for Development. Universal-Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 1581120001.
^Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Elsevier. 2010-04-06. ISBN 9780080877754. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
^Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Elsevier. 2010-04-06. ISBN 9780080877754. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
^Gamst, Frederick C. (1969). The Qemant - A Pagan-Hebraic Peasantry of Ethiopia. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 29.
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phonemic length (/a a: e e: i i: o o: u u:/); a notable exception are the Agaw languages, which do not contrast vowel length, but have one or two additional...
culture" of Axum. He also stated that the Zagwe line was founded by the Agawpeople. Multiple traditions around the Zagwe dynasty exist, most commonly stating...
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