Southern Oromo

E752423

dialect cluster variety of Oromo language

Southern Oromo, also known as Borana-Arsi-Guji, is a major dialect cluster of the Oromo language spoken predominantly in southern Ethiopia and parts of northern Kenya.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Borana Oromo	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect cluster ⓘ variety of Oromo language ⓘ
alternateName	Borana-Arsi-Guji NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Eastern Oromo NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Oromo NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfUse	Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode	bora1271 ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification	Borana language (in some sources) ⓘ
hasDialect	Arsi dialect ⓘ Borana dialect ⓘ Guji dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry	Southern Oromo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	SOV basic word order ⓘ geminate consonants ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasStatus	major regional language variety in southern Ethiopia ⓘ
isMajorDialectClusterOf	Oromo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	other Oromo dialects ⓘ
iso639-3Code	gax ⓘ
languageBranch	Cushitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
partOfLanguage	Oromo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfUse	Arsi Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Borena Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Guji Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromia Region (southern zones) NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Arsi Oromo NERFINISHED ⓘ Borana Oromo NERFINISHED ⓘ Guji Oromo NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion	northern Kenya ⓘ southern Ethiopia ⓘ
subBranch	Lowland East Cushitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication ⓘ oral literature ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
usedInDomain	local trade ⓘ pastoralist communities ⓘ traditional religious practices ⓘ
writingSystem	Geʽez script (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Borana-Arsi-Guji → hasAlternativeName → Southern Oromo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borana Oromo

Borana-Arsi-Guji → hasAlternativeName → Southern Oromo ⓘ

Oromo people → hasSubgroup → Southern Oromo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borana Oromo