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Oromo language - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Andaman, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak, Arawakan, Armenian, Aryan, Assamese
Oromo (')
Spoken in: Ethiopia, Kenya
Region:
Total speakers: 30 million
Ranking: 91
Genetic classification: Afro-Asiatic

 Cushitic
  East
   Oromo

Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1om
ISO 639-2orm
SILVarious:

GAX (for Borana-Arsi-Guji)
GAZ (for West-Central Oromo)
GGH (for Garreh-Ajuran)
HAE (for Eastern Oromo)
ORC (for Orma)
SSN (for Sanye)

The Oromo language is an Afro-Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic sub-phylum. As with Arabic, some (including SIL) view it as a set of closely related languages. It is spoken by approximately over 30 million Oromos and other neighboring nationalities in the horn of Africa

External links

Wikipedia
Wikipedia articles written in this language are located at the
Oromo language Wikipedia

Ethnologue report for Oromo (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=2714).


Example Usage of language

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