Back ወላይታ Amharic شعب ولايتا Arabic Wolayta Catalan Wolaytta (Volk) German Velajtaoj Esperanto Pueblo welayta Spanish Welaytas French ממלכת וולאיטה HE Welaiták Hungarian オメト族 Japanese
Wolaytta Dere Asaa | |
|---|---|
 Welayta girls | |
| Total population | |
| 2,241,509 (2023)[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 Wolaytto (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.
- ^ "Population Size by Sex, Area and Density by Region, Zone and Wereda : July 2022" (PDF). www.statsethiopia.gov.et.
- ^ "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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