Orma

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Orma is a major dialect of the Oromo language spoken primarily by the Orma people of Kenya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Orma canonical 2
Orma [orc] 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oromo dialect
dialect
closelyRelatedTo Borana-Arsi-Guji
surface form: Borana Oromo

Oromo
surface form: Standard Oromo
country Kenya
countryOfficialStatus no official status in Kenya
endonym Afaan Orma
ethnicAssociation Orma people of Kenya
ethnologueEntry Orma self-linksurface differs
surface form: Orma [orc]
glottologCode orma1241
glottologName Orma self-link
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasCaseMarking yes
hasCaseSystem nominative–accusative
hasDialects none significant documented
hasGeminateConsonants yes
hasGenderDistinction yes
hasNumberDistinction singular and plural
hasPostpositions yes
hasRichVerbalMorphology yes
hasVowelHarmony yes
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith nearby Oromo dialects to a significant degree
iso639-3Code orc
languageBranch Cushitic
surface form: Cushitic languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageGroup Oromo
surface form: Oromo languages
languageSubbranch Cushitic
surface form: Lowland East Cushitic languages
lexicalSimilarityWith other Oromo varieties
linguisticTypology subject–object–verb word order
macrolanguageOf none
minorityLanguageIn Kenya
morphologyType agglutinative language
partOf Oromo macrolanguage
primaryUsage daily communication
oral tradition
region East Africa
spokenBy Orma people
spokenIn Kenya
status living language
subdivisionOf Oromo
surface form: Oromo language
usedFor cultural identity expression
local trade and communication
traditional songs and poetry
usedInDomain pastoralist communities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Oromo hasMajorDialect Orma
Orma glottologName Orma self-link
Orma ethnologueEntry Orma self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Orma [orc]