Oromo

E41327

Oromo is a Cushitic language widely spoken by the Oromo people, primarily in Ethiopia and parts of neighboring East African countries.

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Generate an image of Oromo (Oromo is a Cushitic language widely spoken by the Oromo people, primarily in Ethiopia and parts of neighboring East African countries.)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Afar language ⓘ
Sidamo language ⓘ
linked to: Afar language

Somali language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Afaan Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo

Afaan Oromoo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo

Galla (pejorative, obsolete) ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers among the most widely spoken languages in Africa ⓘ
over 30 million ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
hasGlottocode orom1260 ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code om ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code orm ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code orm ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature gender and number agreement ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ
hasMacrolanguageStatus true ⓘ
hasMajorDialect Borana-Arsi-Guji ⓘ
Eastern Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Borana-Arsi-Guji

Orma ⓘ
Southern Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Borana-Arsi-Guji

Western Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system with length contrast ⓘ
geminate consonants ⓘ
hasStandardForm Qubee orthography ⓘ
hasStandardizationPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Geʽez script (historically) ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
regulatedBy Oromo language academies and cultural institutions ⓘ
spokenBy Oromo people ⓘ
spokenIn Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
subfamilyOf Afroasiatic language family ⓘ
Cushitic branch ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
usedAs regional official language in Ethiopia ⓘ
working language in Ethiopia ⓘ
usedIn broadcast media in Ethiopia ⓘ
education in some Ethiopian regions ⓘ
literature and poetry of Oromo people ⓘ

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Referenced by (159)

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Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Oromo Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Horn of Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Oromo people ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Bale Mountains → languageRegion → Oromo language area ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Oromo → hasMajorDialect → Western Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Oromo → hasAlternativeName → Afaan Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Oromo → hasAlternativeName → Afaan Oromoo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Harar Jugol → languageUsed → Oromo ⓘ
Afar → closelyRelatedTo → Oromo ⓘ
Gurage languages → areInfluencedBy → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Saho → sharesFeaturesWith → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Amhara → neighboringEthnicGroups → Oromo ⓘ
subject linked to: Amhara (commonly reported)
VOA Africa → languageOfBroadcast → Afaan Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Finfinne → isEndonymIn → Oromo ⓘ
Ejersa Goro → hasLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Harar Province → language → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Harar → hasLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Bale Zone → languageMajority → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Tullu Dimtu → nameLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Qubee orthography → usedFor → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Qubee orthography → language → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Orma → subdivisionOf → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Orma → languageGroup → Oromo languages ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Orma → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Borana-Arsi-Guji → partOf → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Afar language → closelyRelatedTo → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Ethiopian Evangelical churches → languageOfWorship → Oromo ⓘ
Oromo people → language → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Oromo people → nativeName → Oromo ⓘ
Oromo people → autonym → Oromo ⓘ
Oromia Region → officialLanguage → Afaan Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Harari language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Gafat language → replacedBy → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Cushitic → includesLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Cushitic → majorLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Oromo Liberation Front → languageOfCommunication → Afaan Oromo ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Sheka Zone → hasLanguage → Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
Berta → hasInfluenceFrom → Oromo ⓘ