Oromo language

Oromo
Oromo
Afaan Oromoo
Pronunciation	/ˈɒrəmoʊ/ or /ɔːˈroʊmoʊ/, native: oromoː
Native to	Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Region	Oromia
Ethnicity	Oromo
Native speakers	45.5 million (all countries) (2019–2024)
Language family	Afroasiatic Cushitic East Lowland Oromoid Oromo; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	West Central; Southern; Eastern; Orma; Waata;
Writing system	Latin; Shaaldaa script;
Official status
Official language in	Ethiopia
Recognised minority; language in	Kenya
Language codes
ISO 639-1	om
ISO 639-2	orm
ISO 639-3	orm – inclusive code; Individual codes:; gax – Borana–Arsi–Guji Oromo; hae – Eastern Oromo; orc – Orma; gaz – West Central Oromo; ssn – Waata
Glottolog	nucl1736
	Areas in East Africa where Oromo is spoken
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Oromo is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch, mainly spoken by the Oromo people that are native to the Ethiopian state of Oromia and northern Kenya. It is used as a lingua franca in Oromia and northeastern Kenya.^[4]^[5]^[6] It is officially written in the Latin script, although traditional scripts are also informally used.

Oromo has the largest number of native speakers in Ethiopia and ranks as the second most widely spoken language in Ethiopia by total number of speakers (including second-language speakers), following Amharic.^[7]

References

↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2024). "Oromo". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Twenty Seventh ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
↑ "Revised Proposal for Encoding the Shaaldaa Scriptin the UCS" (PDF). unicode.org.
↑ Shaban, Abdurahman (2020-03-04). "One to Five: Ethiopia Gets Four New Federal Working Languages". Africa News. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
↑ Bulcha, Merkuria (1997). "The Politics of Linguistic Homogenization in Ethiopia and the Conflict over the Status of Afaan Oromoo". African Affairs. 96 (384): 325–352. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007852. JSTOR 723182.
↑ "Oromo (Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa, Oromoo)". Language Centre Resources. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
↑ "Oromo Language". MustGo. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
↑ "Amharic". Ethnologue.

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[Oromo-1] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2024). "Oromo". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Twenty Seventh ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[2] "Revised Proposal for Encoding the Shaaldaa Scriptin the UCS" (PDF). unicode.org.

[africanews.com-3] Shaban, Abdurahman (2020-03-04). "One to Five: Ethiopia Gets Four New Federal Working Languages". Africa News. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

[4] Bulcha, Merkuria (1997). "The Politics of Linguistic Homogenization in Ethiopia and the Conflict over the Status of Afaan Oromoo". African Affairs. 96 (384): 325–352. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007852. JSTOR 723182.

[5] "Oromo (Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa, Oromoo)". Language Centre Resources. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[6] "Oromo Language". MustGo. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[7] "Amharic". Ethnologue.

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