Oromo

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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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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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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