Back ወላይታ Amharic شعب ولايتا Arabic Wolayta Catalan Wolaytta (Volk) German Velajtaoj Esperanto Pueblo welayta Spanish Welaytas French ממלכת וולאיטה HE Welaiták Hungarian Velaitai Lithuanian
Wolaytta Kochchaa | |
|---|---|
 Welayta girls | |
| Total population | |
| 1,707,079 (2007)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Ethiopia | |
| Languages | |
| Wolayttatto Doonaa (ancestral and primary) Amharic (auxiliary) | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Protestant Christians with sizable minority of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christians | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gamo, Gofa and other Omotic and Southwest Ethiopian peoples. |
The Welayta, Wolayta or Wolaitta (Ge'ez: ወላይታ Wolaytta) are an ethnic group and its former kingdom, located in southern Ethiopia. According to the most recent estimate (2017), the people of Wolayta numbered 5.83 million in Welayta Zone.[2][3] The language of the Wolayta people, similarly called Wolaytta, belongs to the Omotic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Despite their small population, Wolayta people have widely influenced national music, dance and cuisine in Ethiopia.
- ^ Central Statistical Agency, Ethiopia. "Table 2.2 Percentage Distribution of Major Ethnic Groups: 2007" (PDF). Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results. United Nations Population Fund. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Population Size by Sex, Region, Zone and Wereda: July 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
- ^ "Population Size of Towns by Sex, Region, Zone and Weredas as of July 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-04.
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