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Preferred term

ormOromo  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Oromo, also known as Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa(a), Afan Boran, Afan Orma, and sometimes in other languages by variant spellings of these names (Oromic, Afan Oromo, etc.), is an Afro-Asiatic language, and the most widely spoken of the Cushitic family. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighbouring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya. Some think of Oromo as a dialect continuum, since not all varieties are mutually intelligible. It is a sociolinguistic language, consisting of four varieties: Borana–Arsi–Guji Oromo, Eastern Oromo (also called Qottu), Orma, and West Central Oromo.

Entry terms

  • Oromo language

ISO 639-1 code

  • om

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • orm

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • orm

ISO 639-3 code

  • orm

Notation

  • orm

In other languages

  • galla

    French

  • oromo
  • Oromo
  • Oromo

    German

  • oromo

    Italian

  • Lingua oromo
  • oromo

    Portuguese

  • Língua oromo
  • oromo

    Spanish

  • Idioma oromo

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/orm

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