Wellamo

E516216

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wellamo canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Wolaytta language ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Wolaytta people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Wolaitta ⓘ
linked to: Wolaytta

Wolayta ⓘ
linked to: Wolaytta

Wolaytta ⓘ
hasDialects Gamo-related varieties (closely related) ⓘ
Zala ⓘ
hasGlottocode wola1245 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Wolaytta ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 12-ACB-b ⓘ
hasMajorReligionOfSpeakers Christianity ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: North Omotic
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Wolayttaic languages ⓘ
linked to: Wolaytta language
languageSubfamily Omotic languages ⓘ
region southern Ethiopia ⓘ
spokenBy Wolaytta people ⓘ
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region ⓘ
usedFor education (primary level, in some areas) ⓘ
everyday communication ⓘ
local media ⓘ
writingSystem Ethiopic script ⓘ
linked to: Geʽez script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolaytta → alternativeName → Wellamo ⓘ
wal → hasAlternativeName → Wellamo ⓘ