Weyto (also called Wayto) is a speculative extinct language thought to have been spoken in the Lake Tana region of Ethiopia by the Weyto, a small group...

extinct, victims of language death, as Weyto, Gafat, and Mesmes have and Ongota very soon will. The factors that contribute to language death are complex...

Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara...

The Weyto (also Wayto) (Amharic: ወይጦ) are a caste living in the Amhara region along the shore of Lake Tana in northern Ethiopia. They worship the Nile...

non-Semitic (such as Weyto) languages, and replacing Geʽez as the principal literary language (though Geʽez remains the liturgical language for Christians in...

Weyto or Weyt'o can refer to hunter-gatherers in Ethiopia, including the Weyto caste of Lake Tana Weyto language, a language formerly spoken by the Lake...

Amharic recorded the Weyto language spoken by hippopotamus hunters around Lake Tana in 1770, but Eugen Mittwoch found the Weyto speaking only Amharic around...

specifically North Sentinel Island) – a living presumed language of an uncontacted people; assumed to be Ongan Weyto † (Ethiopia) – speculated to have been Agaw Nam...

(Jukunoid), Meroitic (possibly Afroasiatic), Oropom (possibly spurious) and Weyto (evidently Cushitic). Several of these are extinct, and adequate comparative...

Chadian Mawa language) Rer Bare language (Ethiopia, unattested) Shabo language (Ethiopia) Weyto language (Ethiopia, unattested) Yeni language (Cameroon,...

extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...

group in Ethiopia that inhabit the Lower Omo Valley, primarily between the Weyto and Omo rivers. They live in an area between the towns of Gazer and Dimeka...

the west of the Konso special woreda. Many Tsamakko live in the town of Weyto, which is approximately 50 km from the town of Jinka, on the Konso-Jinka...

groups of tenant-craftsman communities, tanners, Muslims weavers and the Weyto stone-mill grinders, lived on balabbat lands. Although all were economically...

extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant. There are 73 languages listed...

Amhara ethnic group. Most other residents hail from other Afro-Asiatic language communities, including the Agaw/Awi, Oromo, Beta Israel, Qemant, Agaw/Kamyr...

their area. These factors have led to a decline in usage of the Argobba language. Argobba are considered endangered today due to exogamy and destitution...

culture merged with that of the local people. The Sabaean language was likely the official language of northern Ethiopia during the pre-Axumite period (c...

time it was ruled by the Kingdom of Kush, and became the Shanqella and Weyto peoples, respectively. The Qemant relate that they share their Canaanite...

State. Silt'e people speak the Siltʼe language, a Semitic language, which is closely related to the Harari language. Siltʼe denote their origin in Harar...

They speak the Harari language, a member of the South Ethiopic grouping within the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic languages. The Harla people, an...

been studied in communities that speak Semitic, Cushitic, and Omotic languages. The term "Manja" or ""Manjo" is found repeatedly. The terminology used...

made up 0.5% of the population. A notable minority in this woreda are the Weyto, who are thought to be the earliest surviving ethnic group to settle around...

made up 0.51% of the population. A notable minority in this woreda are the Weyto, who are thought to be the earliest surviving ethnic group to settle around...

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