Language code: wal

Technical information about ISO 639 language code wal

The table below provides technical details for the Wolaitta, Wolaytta language, designated by the wal code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

wal

Name

Wolaitta, Wolaytta

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
GamoGofaDawroBasketoMalo
Key facts
Belongs to the North Omotic branch of the Afro-Asiatic familyspoken by well over two million people in southwestern Ethiopiawritten in both a Latin-based orthography (official since the 1990s) and an adapted Ethiopic scriptverbs carry extensive inflection for person, number, gender, tense–aspect and evidentialityone of the most thoroughly described Omotic tongues, with a full Bible translation and regular radio programming.
Sample phrase

Salamicho, taamota?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Wolaitta, Wolaytta language, identified by the code wal, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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