Kayla dialect explained

Kayla
Nativename:Kayliñña
States:Ethiopia
Region:Amhara Region, Tigray Region
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Cushitic
Fam3:Agaw
Fam4:Northern
Fam5:Qimant
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:kayl1240
Glottorefname:Kailina

Kayliñña (Tigrinya and Amharic: ካይልኛ|kāyliññā) is one of two Agaw languages formerly spoken by a subgroup of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews). It is a dialect of Qimant. The name Kayla (Amharic: ካይላ) is sometimes also used as a cover term for both Beta Israel dialects. It is known only from unpublished notes by Jacques Faitlovitch written in the Ge'ez script, recently studied by David Appleyard. It is preserved by the Beta Israel today.

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