Divisions and localities.—1. Agows of Damot.
2. Agows of Lasta; Troglodyte Pagans.
3. Falasha—a. Lowlanders of Dembea. b. Highlanders of Samien. c. Christianized Falashas (Kimmont) of the hill country, north-east of Gondar.—Bruce from Prichard, vol. ii. p. 135.
The fact that both the Galla and Agow languages pass through the Amharic into the more typical Semitic tongues, and that the former (over and above many undeniable points of affinity with the Coptic) is quite as sub-Semitic as the Berber, is one of the many phænomena which break down the broad line of demarcation that is so often drawn between the Semitic and the African nations.
Again, the extent to which the Falashas exhibit a variety of customs common to themselves and the Jews has long been recognized. It by no means, however, follows that they are a result of Jewish influence. The criticism that applied to the Ghás applies here. Many of the so-called Jewish peculiarities are African as well—irrespective of intercourse, and independent of imitation.
THE NUBIANS.
Locality.—Valley of the Nile, Nubia, and Dongola.
Dialects.—a. North Nubian, or Kensi. b. Middle Nubian, or Nub. c. Dongolawi of Dongola.
Synonym.—Barabbra, or Berber.
Antiquities.—Monuments of a. an Ægyptian, in the Lower, b. an Æthiopian type in the Upper Nubia.