Qwara dialect

Qwara, or Qwareña (called "Falasha" (Hwarasa) in some older sources), was one of two Agaw dialects, spoken by a subgroup of the Beta Israel (Jews of Ethiopia) of Qwara Province. It is a dialect of Qimant. It is nearly extinct.^{[citation needed]} Several early Falashan manuscripts, using the Ge'ez script, exist; in more recent times, the language has been recorded by several linguists and travellers, starting with Flad in 1866.

Qwara
Qwareña
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Amhara Region
Ethnicity	Beta Israel
Native speakers	L1: none since ca. 2000 L2: 3,200[citation needed]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Central Northern Qimant Qwara
Writing system	Geʽez
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	hwar1238
ELP	Hwarasa

Qwareña was on the decline in the early 20th century because 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 Modern Hebrew.

See also

• Kayla dialect