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.
The Qimantlanguage is a highly endangered language spoken by a small and elderly fraction of the Qemant people in northern Ethiopia, mainly in the Chilga...
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between Qimant and Xamtanga) There is a literature in Agaw but it is widely dispersed: from medieval texts containing passages in the Qimantlanguage, now...
not list them as a separate group. However, only 1,625 people still speak Qimant, and it is considered endangered, as most children speak Amharic; likewise...
the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) of the Qwara area. It is a dialect of Qimant. It is nearly extinct.[citation needed] Several early Falashan manuscripts...
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Tigrinya for the language) is one of two Agaw dialects formerly spoken by a subgroup of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews). It is a dialect of Qimant. The name...
The Cushitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken primarily in the Horn of Africa, with minorities speaking Cushitic...
spread continues to this day, with Qimant set to disappear in another generation. Arabic is currently the native language of majorities from Mauritania to...
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