Kayla dialect
{{Short description|Agaw language of Beta Israel of Ethiopia}}
{{other uses|Kayla (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox language
|name=Kayla
|nativename=Kayliñña
|states=Ethiopia
|region=Amhara Region, Tigray Region
|speakers=?
|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
|fam2=Cushitic
|fam3=Agaw
|fam4=Northern
|isoexception=dialect
|glotto=kayl1240
|glottorefname=Kailina
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Kayliñña (Tigrinya and {{langx|am|ካይልኛ|kāyliññā}}) is one of two Agaw languages formerly spoken by a subgroup of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews). It is a transitional dialect between Qimant and Xamtanga. The name Kayla ({{lang|am|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 It is known only from unpublished notes by Jacques Faitlovitch written in the Ge'ez script, recently studied by David Appleyard.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.
See also
Bibliography
- {{citation | chapter = Kaïliña – a 'new' Agaw dialect and its implications for Agaw dialectology | title = Voice and Power: The Culture of Language in North-East Africa | author-first=David | author-last=Appleyard| editor-first1 = R.J. | editor-last1 = Hayward | editor-first2 = I. | editor-last2 = Lewis | pages = 1–19 | location = London | publisher = SOAS | year = 1996 | ISBN = 0-7286-0257-1}}
- David Appleyard, "Preparing a Comparative Agaw Dictionary", in ed. Griefenow-Mewis & Voigt, Cushitic & Omotic Languages: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium Berlin, Mar. 17-19, 1994, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Köln 1996. {{ISBN|3-927620-28-9}}.
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