Abstract

Abstract This chapter deals with Awngi—a language of the Central Cushitic, or Agaw, group. Awngi is mainly spoken in northwestern Ethiopia in the Awi Zone of the Amhara Regional State and in some villages of the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State. The chapter reviews the dialectal differences between the Awngi varieties spoken in the highland (Agaw-Midir) and lowland (Metekkel) and its impact on mutual intelligibility. This chapter also analyzes the Awngi consonant phonemes, including the five labiovelar consonants. It also explores Awngi nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and nominal derivation.

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