Zala is a variety of the
Ometo languages spoken in
Gamo-Gofa Zone
Gaamo Zone is a zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Gaamo is bordered on the south by the Dirashe special woreda, on the southwest by Debub (South) Omo and the Basketo special woreda, on the northwest by ...
, Ethiopia. There is little information on it. It may be a dialect of
Wolaitta,
Gofa Gofa may refer to:
* Gofa people of Ethiopia
*Gofa language
*Gofa Zone Gofa Zone (Amharic language, Amharic "Greater Gofa Area") was one of the 17 Zones in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Southern N ...
, 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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