Wellamo

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Wellamo is an alternative name for the Wolaytta language spoken by the Wolaytta people of southern Ethiopia.

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Wellamo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language
alternativeNameOf Wolaytta language NERFINISHED
country Ethiopia
ethnicGroup Wolaytta people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Wolaitta NERFINISHED
Wolayta NERFINISHED
Wolaytta NERFINISHED
hasDialects Gamo-related varieties (closely related)
Zala NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode wola1245
hasGlottologName Wolaytta NERFINISHED
hasLinguasphereCode 12-ACB-b
hasMajorReligionOfSpeakers Christianity NERFINISHED
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone (analysed by some as pitch accent)
hasScriptType abugida
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-3 wal
isRecognizedAs distinct language (not merely a dialect of Gamo-Gofa-Dawro)
isSpokenNear Dawro language area
Gamo language area
Gofa language area
languageBranch North Omotic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageGroup Wolayttaic languages NERFINISHED
languageSubfamily Omotic languages NERFINISHED
region southern Ethiopia
spokenBy Wolaytta people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region NERFINISHED
usedFor education (primary level, in some areas)
everyday communication
local media
writingSystem Ethiopic script NERFINISHED

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Wolaytta alternativeName Wellamo