Weyto
PrintA language of Ethiopia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Wayto, Weyt’o
Population
No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 1,630 of whom 1,500 (93%) speak Amharic as L1, others speak other L1s.
Location
Amhara Region, Lake Tana area.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Classification
Dialects
Possibly Eastern Sudanic or an Awngi variety (Bender 1983), or Cushitic (Bender, Bowen, Cooper, and Ferguson 1976:14).
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 16%.
Writing
Unwritten.