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Oromoid languages information


Oromoid
Oromo–Konsoid
Geographic
distribution
Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
  • Cushitic
    • Lowland East Cushitic
      • Oromoid
Subdivisions
  • Oromo
  • Konsoid
Glottolognucl1701

The Oromoid languages are a branch of Lowland East Cushitic languages that includes the most populous Cushitic language, Oromo, and the closely related Konsoid dialect cluster.

Oromo
Oromo, Eastern Oromo, Borana, Orma, Waata
Konsoid (Konso–Gidole)
Konso, Dirasha (Gidole), Bussa (Mossiya), Mashile, Turo, Gato

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Oromoid languages

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Lowland East Cushitic languages

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(2020:297): Lowland East Cushitic Saho–Afar Southern Nuclear Omo–Tana Oromoid Peripheral (?) Dullay Yaaku Highland East Cushitic is a coordinate (sister)...

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Languages of Ethiopia

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The languages of Ethiopia include the official languages of Ethiopia, its national and regional languages, and a large number of minority languages, as...

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Cushitic languages

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speaking Cushitic languages to the north in Egypt and Sudan, and to the south in Kenya and Tanzania. As of 2012, the Cushitic languages with over one million...

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Konso language

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Testament was published in the Konso language in 2002. Unlike its Oromoid relatives and most East African languages in general, Konso distinguishes neither...

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Bussa language

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Endangered Ethiopian Languages, Addis Ababa 27–30 April 2005) Wedekind, Klaus (ed.) (2002) 'Sociolinguistic survey report of the languages of the Gawwada (Dullay)...

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Oromo language

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Cushitic language and among the five languages of Africa with the largest mother-tongue populations. Oromo serves as one of the official working languages of...

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Orma language

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Orma is a variety of the Oromo language spoken by the Orma people in Kenya. It is a dialect of Southern Oromo. Orma at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Hoskins...

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Eastern Oromo language

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Eastern Oromo is a form of Oromo language spoken in the East Hararghe Zone, West Hararghe Zone and northern Bale Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia...

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Munyo language

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as a dialect of Orma by Ethnologue. Heine, Bernd (1980). The non-Bantu languages of Kenya. D. Reimer. p. 143. ISBN 9783496001737. Heine, Bernd (1981)....

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Dirasha language

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sentence ʔáaf-ti could mean 'I'. This system is quite different from languages like English, which use independent subject pronouns (I, you, he, she...

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Southern Oromo language

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of the many Oromo languages spoken amongst Ethiopians and Kenyans. Boraana Oromo (Southern Oromo) derives from the Afrosiatic language family whilst belonging...

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Waata

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hunter-gatherers. They share the name Sanye with the neighboring Dahalo. The current language of the Waata may be a dialect of Orma or otherwise Southern Oromo. However...

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