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Xamtanga
ኃምታጛ‎ (X’imt’a-nga)
Pronunciation[ˈχamtaŋa]
Native toEthiopia
RegionNorth Amhara Region
EthnicityXamirs
speakersL1: 210,000 (2010)[1]
L2: 11,000[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Cushitic
    • Agaw
      • Northern
        • Xamtanga
Writing system
Ge'ez script
Language codes
ISO 639-3xan
Glottologxamt1239
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Xamtanga (also Agawinya, Khamtanga, Simt'anga, Xamir, Xamta) is a Central Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia by the Xamir people.

  1. ^ a b Xamtanga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

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