Wolaytta is an Omotic language spoken in the Wolaita Zone and some parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region of Ethiopia. The number of speakers of this language is estimated at 2,000,000 (1991 UBS); it is the native language of the Welayta people. The estimates of the population vary greatly because it is not agreed where the boundaries of the language are. There are conflicting claims about how widely Wolaytta is spoken.

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  • Wolaytta is an Omotic language spoken in the Wolaita Zone and some parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region of Ethiopia. The number of speakers of this language is estimated at 2,000,000 (1991 UBS); it is the native language of the Welayta people. The estimates of the population vary greatly because it is not agreed where the boundaries of the language are. There are conflicting claims about how widely Wolaytta is spoken. The Ethnologue identifies one smaller dialect region: Zala. Some hold that Melo, Oyda, and Gamo-Gofa-Dawro are also dialects, but most authorities, including Ethnologue and ISO 639-3 now list these as separate languages. The different communities of speakers also recognize them as separate languages.
  • Wolaytta ist eine omotische Sprache, die zum nördlichen Zweig dieser Sprachgruppe gehört. Sie wird von ca. 1,2 Mio. Menschen in Äthiopien gesprochen (Stand von 1998) und ist damit neben dem (ebenfalls nordomotischen) Dialektkontinuum Gamo-Gofa-Dawro eine der beiden meistgesprochenen Sprachen innerhalb der omotischen Gruppe.
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  • Wolaytta
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  • Walamo, Ometo
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  • Wolaytta Region
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  • Wolaytta is an Omotic language spoken in the Wolaita Zone and some parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region of Ethiopia. The number of speakers of this language is estimated at 2,000,000 (1991 UBS); it is the native language of the Welayta people. The estimates of the population vary greatly because it is not agreed where the boundaries of the language are. There are conflicting claims about how widely Wolaytta is spoken.
  • Wolaytta ist eine omotische Sprache, die zum nördlichen Zweig dieser Sprachgruppe gehört. Sie wird von ca. 1,2 Mio. Menschen in Äthiopien gesprochen (Stand von 1998) und ist damit neben dem (ebenfalls nordomotischen) Dialektkontinuum Gamo-Gofa-Dawro eine der beiden meistgesprochenen Sprachen innerhalb der omotischen Gruppe.
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  • Wolaytta language
  • Wolaytta (Sprache)
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  • Walamo, Ometo
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