Wolaytta is a North Omotic language spoken in the Wolaita Zone
and some other parts of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and
People's Region of Ethiopia by between 1.6 and 2 million people.
The language is also known as Borodda, Ometo, Ualamo, Uba,
Uollamo, Walamo, Wallamo, Welamo, Wellamo, Wolaita, Wolaitta,
Wolataita, Wolayta and Wollamo. Wolaytta was first written in
the 1940s by a team of missionaries led by Dr. Bruce Adams. They
translated the Bible into Wolaytta, finishing it in 2002. Other
publications, including textbooks, have been published in
Wolaytta. This is Wakasa's practical alphabet used in Motomichi
Wakasa's 2008 Ph.D. thesis, A Descriptive Study of the Modern
Wolaytta Language. The sound written nh, a nasalized glottal
fricative, is very rare and only appears in a few words. The
sound written D is said by some scholars to be an implosive, but
Wakasa calls it glottalized. Information about the Wolaytta
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