Afro-Asiatic family

Wolaytta

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Wolaytta (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Omotic → Wolaytta.

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ISO 639-3
wal
Glottocode
wola1242

North Omotic (Ometo) language of the Wolaita Zone in southern Ethiopia.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Omoticc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  3. Wolayttac. 1000 CE – today

Sources