Oromo
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Oromo is a Cushitic language widely spoken by the Oromo people, primarily in Ethiopia and parts of neighboring East African countries.
Aliases (7)
- Oromo language ×2
- Afaan Oromo ×1
- Afaan Oromoo ×1
- Oromo Muslims ×1
- Oromo language area ×1
- Oromo people ×1
- Western Oromo ×1
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
→
Cushitic language → language → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Afar language
→
Sidamo language → Somali language → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Afaan Oromo
→
Afaan Oromoo → Galla (pejorative, obsolete) → |
| hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers |
among the most widely spoken languages in Africa
→
over 30 million → |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
SOV
→
|
| hasGlottocode |
orom1260
→
|
| hasISO639-1Code |
om
→
|
| hasISO639-2Code |
orm
→
|
| hasISO639-3Code |
orm
→
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
gender and number agreement
→
postpositions → rich case system → vowel harmony → |
| hasMacrolanguageStatus |
true
→
|
| hasMajorDialect |
Borana-Arsi-Guji
→
Eastern Oromo → Orma → Southern Oromo → Western Oromo → |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
→
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
five-vowel system with length contrast
→
geminate consonants → |
| hasStandardForm |
Qubee orthography
→
|
| hasStandardizationPeriod |
late 20th century
→
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Geʽez script (historically)
→
Latin script → |
| regulatedBy |
Oromo language academies and cultural institutions
→
|
| spokenBy |
Oromo people
→
|
| spokenIn |
Eritrea
→
Ethiopia → Kenya → Somalia → |
| subfamilyOf |
Afroasiatic language family
→
Cushitic branch → |
| usedAs |
regional official language in Ethiopia
→
working language in Ethiopia → |
| usedIn |
broadcast media in Ethiopia
→
education in some Ethiopian regions → literature and poetry of Oromo people → |
Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Oromo
("Afaan Oromo")
→
Oromo ("Afaan Oromoo") → |
hasAlternativeName |
|
Horn of Africa
("Oromo people")
→
Islamic world ("Oromo Muslims") → |
hasEthnicGroup |
|
Gurage languages
("Oromo language")
→
|
areInfluencedBy |
|
Afar
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Sidamo
→
|
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
|
Oromo
("Western Oromo")
→
|
hasMajorDialect |
|
Afroasiatic languages
→
|
includesLanguage |
|
Gumuz languages
→
|
languageContactWith |
|
Bale Mountains
("Oromo language area")
→
|
languageRegion |
|
Harar Jugol
→
|
languageUsed |
|
Ethiopia
→
|
recognizedLanguage |
|
Saho
("Oromo language")
→
|
sharesFeaturesWith |
|
East Africa
→
|
widelySpokenLanguage |