Qwara (Ethiopian District)
Qwara may refer to: * Qwara Province in Ethiopia * Qwara language *Qwara (woreda) Qwara ( am, ቋራ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Qwara is named after the former province of Qwara, which was in the same area. Located at the westernmost point of the Semien Gondar Zone, Qwara is bordered on the south ...

Qwara Language
Qwara, or Qwareña (called "Falasha" (Hwarasa) in some older sources), was one of two Agaw dialects, spoken by a subgroup of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) of the Qwara area. It is a dialect of Qimant. It is nearly extinct. Several early Falashan manuscripts, using the Ge'ez alphabet, exist; in more recent times, the language has been recorded by several linguists and travellers, starting with Flad in 1866. The language was on the decline in the early 20th century, as it was being replaced by Amharic. During Operation Solomon, most of its remaining speakers were airlifted to Israel, where it continues to lose ground to Hebrew. See also *Kayla dialect Kayla, or Kayliñña ( Ge'ez: ካይላ ''kāylā'', for the people, Ge'ez: ካይልኛ ''kāylññā'', Kayla, Amharic, and Tigrinya for the language) is one of two Agaw dialects formerly spoken by a subgroup of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian ... References Further reading # #Flad, J. M. (1866). A Short Description o ...
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