The Agaw, or Central Cushitic, languages are a small branch of Cushitic languages. They are spoken mainly in Ethiopia.
- Awngi (South Agaw) spoken southwest of Lake Tana, the largest, with over 350,000 speakers
- (Kunfal, spoken west of Lake Tana, is not well recorded but is probably a dialect of Awngi)[1]
- Northern Agaw:
- Bilen–Xamtanga:
- Bilen (North) spoken (70,000 speakers) in Eritrea around the town of Keren and eastern Sudan around the town of Kassala
- Xamtanga (Central Agaw; also called Khamir, Khamta) 143,000 speakers in the North Amhara Region
- Qimant (Western Agaw) nearly extinct, spoken by the Qemant in Semien Gondar Zone
- (dialects Qwara – nearly extinct, spoken by Beta Israel formerly living in Qwara, now in Israel; Kayla – extinct, formerly spoken by some Beta Israel, transitional between Qimant and Xamtanga)
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Beja | |
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Agaw |
- Awngi
- Bilen
- Qimant
- Xamtanga
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Lowland East | Saho–Afar | |
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Oromoid |
- Borana
- Eastern Oromo
- Orma
- Oromo
- Waata
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Konsoid |
- Bussa
- Dirasha
- Gato
- Konso
- Mashile
- Turo
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Rendille–Boni | |
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Somali | |
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Other |
- Boon
- Dahalo
- Girirra
- Yaaku
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Dullay | |
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South |
- Aasáx
- Alagwa
- Burunge
- Gorowa
- Iraqw
- Kwʼadza
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