Bilen–Xamtanga: Bilen (North) spoken (70,000 speakers) in Eritrea around the town of Keren and eastern Sudan around the town of Kassala Xamtanga (Central Agaw; also called Khamir, Khamta) 143,000 speakers in the North Amhara Region Qimant (Western Agaw) nearly extinct, spoken by the Qemant in Semien Gondar Zone (dialects Qwara – nearly extinct, spoken by Beta Israel formerly living in Qwara, now in Israel; Kayla – extinct, formerly spoken by some Beta Israel, transitional between Qimant and Xamtanga)