Awi people

The Awi people are an ethnic group in Ethiopia, and are grouped as one of the Agaw people. The Awis live in Agew Awi Zone in Central Gojjam, and have a few communities in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.

Population

The 2007 census lists 631,565 ethnic Awis, or 0.85% of the total population; 63,415 are urban inhabitants.^[1] The Awi Zone, according to the Central Statistical Agency, had roughly 990,000 inhabitants in 2005. Others living in that Zone are predominantly Amharas.

Language

The Awis speak Awngi, a Central Cushitic language.

References

↑ "Census 2007", Table 5

External links

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=awn

Ethnic groups in Ethiopia

Afro-Asiatic

Cushitic	Afar Agaw Daasanach Gabra Hadiya Irob Kambaata Konso Oromo Yejju Qemant Saho Sidama Somalis Tsamai Werji

Semitic	Amhara Argobba Gurage Harari Jeberti Silt'e Tigrayans Zay

Omotic

Nilo-Saharan

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