The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: WOY
ISO 639-2: mis
| Population | Ethnic population: 1,631: 1,519 (93%) speak Amharic as mother tongue, others speak other mother tongues. 1,532 speak no other language. |
| Region | Lake Tana region. |
| Alternate names | WAYTO, WEYT'O |
| Classification | Unclassified. |
| Comments | The former language was possibly Eastern Sudanic or an Awngi variety (Bender 1983), or Cushitic (Bender, Bowen, Cooper and Ferguson 1976:14). The people now speak Amharic. Literacy rate in second language: 16.2%. Hunters: hippopotamus. Extinct. |
