Weyto
An extinct language of Ethiopia
| Population | No known speakers. Ethnic population: 1,631 of whom 1,519 (93%) speak Amharic as L1, others speak other L1s. |
| Region | Lake Tana region. |
| Alternate names | Wayto, Weyt’o |
| Dialects | Possibly Eastern Sudanic or an Awngi variety (Bender 1983), or Cushitic (Bender, Bowen, Cooper, and Ferguson 1976:14). |
| Classification | Unclassified |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 16%. |
| Comments | Hunters: hippopotamus. |
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