// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Zala language say? It's a tongue-twister.

Not to be confused with the Dzala language.

Zala
Native to	Gamo-Gofa, Ethiopia
Region	Zala, on the Maze River (cf. Maze National Park)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Omotic North Omotic Ometo North Zala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	zala1240

Zala is a variety of the Ometo languages spoken in Gamo-Gofa Zone, Ethiopia. There is little information on it. It may be a dialect of Wolaitta, Gofa, or a distinct language in the central Ometo dialect continuum.

References

• Cerulli, Enrico. 1929. Note su alcune popolazioni Sidama dell'Abesinia meridionale 2: I Sidama dell'Omo. Rivisita degli Studi Orientalia, 12. (Il linguaggio degli Zala: 37–39.)
• Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List