Cushtic language spoken by Qemant people in northwestern Ethiopia
Qimant
Kemantney
Native to
Ethiopia
Region
Amhara Region
Ethnicity
Qemant people
Native speakers
(1,700 cited 1994 census)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Cushitic
Agaw
Northern
Qimant
Dialects
Qwara
Kayla
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ahg
Glottolog
qima1242
ELP
K'emant
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The Qimant language is a highly endangered language spoken by a small and elderly fraction of the Qemant people in northern Ethiopia, mainly in the Chilga woreda in Semien Gondar Zone between Gondar and Metemma.
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