Zay language

Zay
ዛይኘ, የዛይ አፍ
Native to	Ethiopia
Region	Lake Zway
Ethnicity	Zay
Native speakers	14,000 (2005)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic South Semitic Ethiopic South Transversal Harari–East Gurage East Gurage Zay
Writing system	Geʽez script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zwa
Glottolog	zayy1238
ELP	Zay
Zay is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Zay (Oromo: Lak'i, Laqi) is an Afroasiatic language of the Semitic branch spoken in Ethiopia. It is one of the Gurage languages in the Ethiopian Semitic group. The Zay language has around 5,000 speakers known as the Zay, who inhabit Gelila and the other five islands and shores of Lake Zway in the southern part of the country.