Zala is a variety of the
Ometo languages
The Ometo languages of Ethiopia are a dialect cluster of the Omotic family, generally accepted as part of the Afro-Asiatic language family. They include the most populous Omotic language, Wolaytta, with two million speakers. The languages hav ...
spoken in
Gamo-Gofa Zone, Ethiopia. There is little information on it. It may be a dialect of
Wolaitta,
Gofa, or a distinct language in the central Ometo dialect continuum.
References
*Cerulli, Enrico. 1929. Note su alcune popolazioni Sidama dell'Abesinia meridionale 2: I Sidama dell'Omo. ''Rivisita degli Studi Orientalia'', 12. (Il linguaggio degli Zala: 37–39.)
*Blench, 2006
The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List
Languages of Ethiopia
North Omotic languages
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