Wikipedia's first sentence called it “agaw language spoken by the agaw and beta israel”. Today it says “one of two agaw dialects”.
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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. 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. 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 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Qwara , or Qwareña (called "Falashan" in some older sources), is an Agaw language spoken by the Agaw and Beta Israel ( Ethiopian Jews ) of the Qwara area, closely related to Qimant . The language was on the decline in the early 20 Century , as it was being slowly replaced by Amharic . During Operation Solomon , most of its remaining speakers were airlifted to Israel , where it continues to lose ground to Hebrew . 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.
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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 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Endangered Qimant dialect spoken in Ethiopia 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 .
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agaw language spoken by the agaw and beta israel
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one of two agaw dialects
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