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Wolayta (also spelled Wolaitta) (Ethiopic: ወላይታ Wolaytta) is the name of an ethnic group and its former kingdom located in southern Ethiopia. According to the most recent census (2007) they number 3.7 million people or 2.31 percent of the country’s population of whom 289707 are urban inhabitants. Their language Wolaytta belongs to the Omotic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
