Zay

Facts

  • Language: Zay
  • Alternate names: Zway, Lak'i, Laqi, Gelilla, Zoay
  • Language code: zwa
  • Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, South, Ethiopian, South, Transversal, Harari-East Gurage (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <4,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Unwritten.

More information:

    Zway refers to the lake and town. Ethnic autonym: Zay; Lak’i (Laqi) is the Oromo name for the people.

    Zay is spoken in Ethiopia, Africa.