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11.1 Introduction 11.1 Introduction
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11.2 Phonology 11.2 Phonology
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11.2.1 Consonants 11.2.1 Consonants
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11.2.2 Vowels 11.2.2 Vowels
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11.2.3 Suprasegmentals 11.2.3 Suprasegmentals
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11.2.3.1 Gemination 11.2.3.1 Gemination
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11.2.3.2 Tone 11.2.3.2 Tone
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11.2.3.3 Phonotactics 11.2.3.3 Phonotactics
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11.3 Word classes 11.3 Word classes
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11.4 Morphology 11.4 Morphology
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11.4.1 Noun inflection 11.4.1 Noun inflection
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11.4.1.1 Gender 11.4.1.1 Gender
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11.4.1.2 Number 11.4.1.2 Number
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11.4.1.3 Case 11.4.1.3 Case
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11.4.1.4 Definiteness 11.4.1.4 Definiteness
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11.4.2 Nominal derivation 11.4.2 Nominal derivation
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11.4.3 Compound nouns 11.4.3 Compound nouns
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11.4.4 Adjectives 11.4.4 Adjectives
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11.4.5 Numerals 11.4.5 Numerals
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11.4.6 Pronouns 11.4.6 Pronouns
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11.4.6.1 Personal pronouns 11.4.6.1 Personal pronouns
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11.4.6.2 Reflexive pronoun 11.4.6.2 Reflexive pronoun
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11.4.6.3 Demonstrative pronouns 11.4.6.3 Demonstrative pronouns
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11.4.6.4 Interrogative pronouns 11.4.6.4 Interrogative pronouns
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11.4.7 Verb inflection 11.4.7 Verb inflection
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11.4.7.1 Perfective and imperfective 11.4.7.1 Perfective and imperfective
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11.4.7.2 Imperative and jussive 11.4.7.2 Imperative and jussive
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11.4.7.3 Converbs 11.4.7.3 Converbs
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11.4.8 Verbal derivation 11.4.8 Verbal derivation
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11.4.8.1 Passive 11.4.8.1 Passive
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11.4.8.2 Causative 11.4.8.2 Causative
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11.4.8.3 Reciprocal 11.4.8.3 Reciprocal
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11.4.9 Negation 11.4.9 Negation
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11.5 Syntax 11.5 Syntax
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11.5.1 Word order 11.5.1 Word order
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11.5.2 Interrogative clauses 11.5.2 Interrogative clauses
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11.5.3 Special verbal predicates 11.5.3 Special verbal predicates
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11.5.4 Coordination 11.5.4 Coordination
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11.5.5 Subordinate clauses 11.5.5 Subordinate clauses
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11 Awngi
Get accessZelealem Leyew is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Addis Ababa University. Apart from teaching and advising graduate students for many years, he has published extensively on descriptive, socio- and anthropological linguistic issues related to Ethiopian languages. His interdisciplinary book on plant nomenclature and traditional botanical knowledge (Wild Plant Nomenclature and Traditional Botanical Knowledge among Three Ethnolinguistic Groups in Northwestern Ethiopia, 2012) is among his most frequently cited contributions. He is fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and founding member of the Ethiopian Association of Humboldt Fellows.
Yaregal Allene is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Debre Markos University, Ethiopia. He completed his PhD dissertation on the grammar of Kulazngi (an Awngi variety) at Addis Ababa University in 2017. He is mainly interested in the description and documentation of the various Awngi varieties (Central Cushitic) on which he has conducted extensive field research. His major publications include a supportive language teaching book, Awngiw Sawasaw (2012), a reference grammar written in Awngi for teaching it to college students in the Awi Zone, and an Awngi Grammar Book (2010). Apart from teaching at Debre Markos University, he is currently working with the Awi Zone and Amhara Region Education bureaus to prepare Awngi texts and supportive educational materials and to train Awngi language teachers to support Awngi language education in the Awi Zone. His also has been involved in the Awngi curriculum design and the preparation of Awngi modules for undergraduate students at Injibara University, Ethiopia.
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Published:22 May 2023
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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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