Weyto

A language of Ethiopia

ISO 639: woy
Alternate Names: Wayto, Weyt’o
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last speaker had either died or shifted to Amharic by 1900 (Sommer 1992). Ethnic population: 1,630. 1,520 (93%) speak Amharic as L1.
Location:: Amhara region: Lake Tana area.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Unclassified
Dialects: None known. Possibly Eastern Sudanic or an Awngi variety (Bender 1983b), or Cushitic (Bender et al 1976:14).
Language Use: Shifted to Amharic [amh].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Weyto
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Amhara region: Lake Tana area.