Oromo

E41327
Afroasiatic language Cushitic language language

Oromo is a Cushitic language widely spoken by the Oromo people, primarily in Ethiopia and parts of neighboring East African countries.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Oromo canonical 32
Oromo language 19
Afaan Oromo 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Afar language ⓘ
Afar language ⓘ
surface form: Sidamo language

Somali language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Oromo ⓘ
surface form: Afaan Oromo

Oromo ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Borana-Arsi-Guji ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Oromo

Orma ⓘ
Borana-Arsi-Guji ⓘ
surface form: Southern Oromo

Oromo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic language family

Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: 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 (62)

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

Ethiopia → recognizedLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo Muslims
Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Horn of Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo people
East Africa → widelySpokenLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Bale Mountains → languageRegion → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language area
Oromo → hasMajorDialect → Oromo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Oromo
Oromo → hasAlternativeName → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afaan Oromo
Oromo → hasAlternativeName → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afaan Oromoo
Harar Jugol → languageUsed → Oromo ⓘ
Afar → closelyRelatedTo → Oromo ⓘ
Gumuz languages → languageContactWith → Oromo ⓘ
Sidamo → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Oromo ⓘ
Gurage languages → areInfluencedBy → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Saho → sharesFeaturesWith → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Amhara (commonly reported) → neighboringEthnicGroups → Oromo ⓘ
subject surface form: Amhara
VOA Africa → languageOfBroadcast → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afaan Oromo
Finfinne → hasNameInLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Finfinne → isEndonymIn → Oromo ⓘ
Ejersa Goro → hasLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Harar Province → language → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Harar → hasLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Bale Zone → languageMajority → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Tullu Dimtu → nameLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Qubee orthography → usedFor → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Qubee orthography → language → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Orma → subdivisionOf → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Orma → languageGroup → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo languages
Orma → closelyRelatedTo → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Oromo
Borana-Arsi-Guji → partOf → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Afar language → closelyRelatedTo → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Government of Ethiopia → operatesInLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Ethiopian Evangelical churches (for religious holidays) → languageOfWorship → Oromo ⓘ
subject surface form: Ethiopian Evangelical churches
Oromo people → language → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Oromo people → nativeName → Oromo ⓘ
Oromo people → autonym → Oromo ⓘ
Oromia Region → officialLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afaan Oromo
East African languages → includesLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
East African languages → hasLinguaFranca → Oromo ⓘ
Ethiopian literature → hasLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Harari language → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Gafat language → replacedBy → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Ethiopian film industry → language → Oromo ⓘ
Cushitic → includesLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Cushitic → majorLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
Oromo Liberation Front → languageOfCommunication → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afaan Oromo
Sheka Zone → hasLanguage → Oromo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oromo language
Berta → neighboringLanguages → Oromo ⓘ
Berta → hasInfluenceFrom → Oromo ⓘ
Northern Gumuz → neighboringLanguages → Oromo ⓘ