Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Welayta people
Wolaytta Kochchaa | |
|---|---|
 Welayta female in traditional attire | |
| 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, Dawro, Dorze and other Ta-Ne-Omotic speaking peoples. |
The Welayta (Ge'ez: ወላይታ Wolayta) are an ethnic group 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 Wolayttatuwaa, 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.
Previous Page Next Page
