Arsi dialect

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The Arsi dialect is a regional variety of the Oromo language spoken primarily by the Arsi people in central and southeastern Ethiopia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arsi dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
variety of Oromo language ⓘ
administrativeRegion Oromia Region ⓘ
belongsToDialectContinuum Oromo dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Oromic languages
branch Lowland East Cushitic languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo West Central Oromo dialects ⓘ
country Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopia
ethnicAssociation Arsi Oromo ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Arsi Oromo dialect ⓘ
linked to: Oromic languages
hasPhonologicalFeatures features typical of Oromo dialect continuum ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other major Oromo dialects to a significant degree ⓘ
languageCodeStandard none (covered under Oromo language codes) ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology SOV word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
partOf Oromo language ⓘ
linked to: Oromo
regionSpecificTo Arsi Zone of Oromia Region ⓘ
spokenBy Arsi people ⓘ
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
spokenInRegion central Ethiopia ⓘ
southeastern Ethiopia ⓘ
subfamily Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
usedIn daily communication among Arsi communities ⓘ
oral tradition of Arsi people ⓘ
writingSystem Geʽez script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borana-Arsi-Guji → hasDialect → Arsi dialect ⓘ