Arsi dialect

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The Arsi dialect is a regional variety of the Oromo language spoken primarily by the Arsi people in central and southeastern Ethiopia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Oromo language
administrativeRegion Oromia Region NERFINISHED
belongsToDialectContinuum Oromo dialect continuum NERFINISHED
branch Lowland East Cushitic languages NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo West Central Oromo dialects
country Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NERFINISHED
ethnicAssociation Arsi Oromo NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Arsi Oromo dialect NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeatures features typical of Oromo dialect continuum
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other major Oromo dialects to a significant degree
languageCodeStandard none (covered under Oromo language codes)
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
linguisticTypology SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
partOf Oromo language NERFINISHED
regionSpecificTo Arsi Zone of Oromia Region NERFINISHED
spokenBy Arsi people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ethiopia NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion central Ethiopia
southeastern Ethiopia
subfamily Cushitic languages NERFINISHED
usedIn daily communication among Arsi communities
oral tradition of Arsi people
writingSystem Geʽez script NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Borana-Arsi-Guji hasDialect Arsi dialect